You can customize ls' colours. Look into the environment variable LS_COLORS.
I usually just configure the terminal to brighten up the blue a little.
Re:A writer leaves Microsoft Word
by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @12:38PM
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That's the trick.
You need to configure the colors as presented by the terminal, and I haven't mucked with that yet. Given that you're working with variations based on the ANSI color set, your initial set of values is limited.
There's a similar trick for vim color highlighting, though I've found the different color settings all involve tradeoffs, not all favorable.
Re:A writer leaves Microsoft Word
by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @12:37PM
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That's the trick.
You need to configure the colors as presented by the terminal, and I haven't mucked with that yet.
It's been my standard for well over a decade. Preferable even to green-on-black.
The only downside is that a colorized 'ls' output is typically difficult to read (the blues used for directories are typically too dark).