color in man pages and less etc

[Marcus Schuetz]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> I've run FC1 for a while but more rh9 recently.  I'm used to a certain
> set of colors present when viewing man pages in black xterm.
> 
> My fresh intall of FC2 shows a combination of colors in black xterm
> that are not good for me.  I see them elsewhere too.  In less, at the
> prompt in ncftp.  The worst offender is a `bold' blue that nearly
> disappears on a black background.
> 
> Wracking my feeble brain, I don't remember where this kind of stuff is
> set or changed.  Do I have to meddle with termcap?  Or something else?
> 
> 
Take a look at /etc/DIR_COLORS and /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm

HTH

::Marcus