set better default colors for GNU ls instead of none.

GNU coreutils ship a color setup command by default which can be used to set a good default color theme for ls: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/dircolors-invocation.html

set better default colors for GNU ls instead of none.
efa7c7b7 · Hong Xu · Marc Cornellà · 81981ef2 · efa7c7b7
Commit efa7c7b7 authored Oct 03, 2016 by Hong Xu Committed by Marc Cornellà Oct 03, 2016
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--- a/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh
+++ b/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export LSCOLORS="Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad"
 # Enable ls colors
 if [ "$DISABLE_LS_COLORS" != "true" ]
 then
-  # Find the option for using colors in ls, depending on the version: Linux or BSD
+  # Find the option for using colors in ls, depending on the version: GNU or BSD
  if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "NetBSD" ]]; then
    # On NetBSD, test if "gls" (GNU ls) is installed (this one supports colors);
    # otherwise, leave ls as is, because NetBSD's ls doesn't support -G
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ then
    gls --color -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='gls --color=tty'
    colorls -G -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='colorls -G'
  else
+    # For GNU ls, we use the default ls color theme. They can later be overwritten by themes.
+    type dircolors >/dev/null 2>&1 && eval "$(dircolors)"
    ls --color -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='ls --color=tty' || alias ls='ls -G'
  fi
 fi