diff --git a/IPython/frontend/prefilterfrontend.py b/IPython/frontend/prefilterfrontend.py
index 11b7cdd..a9b0042 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/prefilterfrontend.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/prefilterfrontend.py
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ def xterm_system(command):
 #               """echo \\"\x1b]0;%s (finished -- press enter to close)\x07\\" ;
                """read foo;"\' """)  % (command, command) )
 
+def system_call(command):
+    """ Temporary hack for aliases
+    """
+    def my_system_call(args):
+        os.system("%s %s" % (command, args))
+    return my_system_call
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Frontend class using ipython0 to do the prefiltering. 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ class PrefilterFrontEnd(LineFrontEndBase):
         # Make sure the raw system call doesn't get called, as we don't
         # have a stdin accessible.
         self._ip.system = xterm_system
+        # XXX: Muck around with magics so that they work better
+        # in our environment
+        self.ipython0.magic_ls = system_call('ls -CF')
         self.shell.output_trap = RedirectorOutputTrap(
                             out_callback=self.write,
                             err_callback=self.write,
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
index 251312c..e8dc363 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/wx/console_widget.py
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):
         # an infinit loop
         title = self.title_pat.split(text)
         if len(title)>1:
-            import sys
-            print >>sys.__stderr__, "title :", title
             self.title = title[-2]
 
         text = self.title_pat.sub('', text)
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(editwindow.EditWindow):
                 self.StartStyling(self.GetLength(), 0xFF)
                 self.AppendText(text)
 
-                if ansi_tag == '0':
+                if ansi_tag not in self.ANSI_STYLES:
                     style = 0
                 else:
                     style = self.ANSI_STYLES[ansi_tag][0]