On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:13 +0000 Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 16:48 +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 13:22 +0100, Fred . wrote: > > > > > Everybody knows that a terminal has white text on black background. > > > > > Everybody knows that the bikeshed is green. > > > > > > Seriously, there's a whole tab of preferences devoted to letting you > > pick what colour you want your terminals. You can have them lurid pink > > on green if you like. > > > > The default is the way it is because it provides the best contrast on > > the majority of screens (TFTs, LCDs, etc.) > > A lot simpler than that: the default follows the theme's colours, which > makes complete sense: there's no reason for the terminal to be any > different from other applications. > > Having said that, everybody(*) knows that a real hardcore terminal > should be like the VT100 of old: green text on black background ;-) > > (*) everybody = me and my non-existent dog > > Bruno > That was a black background? ;) -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
