On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 01:46:26PM +0100, Angus Leeming spake thusly: > > Martin Vermeer wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:24:41PM +0100, Angus Leeming spake > > thusly: > > > >> Martin Vermeer wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Probably. Why not. But how to save the colour into the doc file? > >> > Having the colours named has value. What If I extend the list of > >> > available colours to include more rgb.txt entries? Note also that > >> > blue and red should probably go as they are too dark for > >> > background. > >> > >> Why not define logical colours "branch1", "branch2" etc which you > >> save in the doc. Adding them to the LColor.h enum and LColor.C > >> array of all such colours will automagically allow the user to > >> specify their on-screen representation from the preferences dialog. > >> > >> -- > >> Angus > > > > Interesting idea. Hmmm. You mean that the choice_color widget would > > present the names "branch1", "branch2" etc. to the user? A bit > > prosaic. > > Maybe. Or maybe the dialog will simply inform the user that this > newly defined branch will be presented in colour "branch5". If they > aren't happy with the physical appearance, then they'll pop along to > the preferences dialog and modify it.
No, I don't like this. The names are too prosaic. > > My idea was to add to LColor a number of existing colours found in > > rgb.txt, suitable as background colours under black text. These > > would then be absolute, not logical. Is there really much sense in > > allowing the user to redefine these? I mean, they don't "logically" > > represent anything, the're just supposed to be all different. > > You use a pale background and black text. Someone with poor eyesight > will use a dark background and pale text. Your sets of 'suitable' > will differ. Hmm, I see your point. What about then defining formal colours like br_red, br_cyan, ... which are nevertheless redefinable in Preferences? br_red is supposed to be a sort of red, but contrasting with the text, whether black or white. Needs to be set up only once. Martin > -- > Angus >
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