Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 08:33:48AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: garabik COLOR:1:cyan:black garabik COLOR:5:brightcyan:black The same can be said about the default ls colors. It shows directory names with blue on black. yep, i forgot to mention that until after i'd sent the message. blue on black is just a bad idea - too little contrast between fg bg to be readable. yellow on black is probably the best choice: good contrast and not not brigth. Very comfortable. But yellow on a white bg may not be so good. A+ -- Fabrice Gautier [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't get no respect.
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
now that you have discovered the awful secret of debian, the secret cabal will have to take care of you. wait right where you are. there will be a knock on the door shortly. craig TINC
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: garabik COLOR:1:cyan:black garabik COLOR:5:brightcyan:black The same can be said about the default ls colors. It shows directory names with blue on black. yep, i forgot to mention that until after i'd sent the message. blue on black is just a bad idea - too little contrast between fg bg to be readable. craig -- craig sanders
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 05:21:22PM +0200, Lauri Tischler wrote: The same can be said about the default ls colors. It shows directory names with blue on black. These must be set up by some bug-eyed alien with colour-resolution going well into ultraviolet. :) now that you have discovered the awful secret of debian, the secret cabal will have to take care of you. wait right where you are. there will be a knock on the door shortly. craig -- craig sanders
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
In Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:40:53 +0100, de profundis Radovan Garabik [EMAIL PROTECTED] cum veritas scribat garabik lynx has the same problem. hyper links are blue on black, which makes it garabik very difficult to see where you are going. fixed with: garabik garabik COLOR:1:cyan:black garabik COLOR:5:brightcyan:black The same can be said about the default ls colors. It shows directory names with blue on black. -- dancer, a.k.a. Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer Dept. of Knowledge Engineering and Computer Science, Doshisha University. ... Long Live Free Software, LIBERTAS OMNI VINCIT.
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
Junichi Uekawa wrote: garabik lynx has the same problem. hyper links are blue on black, which makes it garabik very difficult to see where you are going. fixed with: garabik garabik COLOR:1:cyan:black garabik COLOR:5:brightcyan:black The same can be said about the default ls colors. It shows directory names with blue on black. These must be set up by some bug-eyed alien with colour-resolution going well into ultraviolet. :) -- Lauri Tischler, Network Admin Tel:+358-9-47846331* Mouse movement detected * Fax:+358-9-47846500* Reboot Windows to activate changes * Mobile: +358-40-5569010 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 10:31:40AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: lynx has the same problem. hyper links are blue on black, which makes it very difficult to see where you are going. fixed with: COLOR:1:cyan:black COLOR:5:brightcyan:black I wonder who made up the default lynx colours... it is totally nauseating! the first think I do when installing new debian, I always reconfigure lynx to have saner colours (e.g. highlighted links are inverse) COLOR:0:lightgray:black COLOR:1:yellow:black COLOR:2:brightred:blue COLOR:3:green:black COLOR:4:magenta:black COLOR:5:blue:black COLOR:6:black:lightgray COLOR:7:magenta:cyan -- --- | Radovan Garabik http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/ | | __..--^^^--..__garabik @ melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk | --- Antivirus alert: file .signature infected by signature virus. Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread!
