On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > I am wondering what I am supposed to choose. > > I like the paper background but then some colored texts from ls and emacs > output are unreadable (e.g. the light green). I know that this is > configurable but it would be too much configuration for everytime I change my > mind. > > White on Black: the size of the window is still black text and thus not > readable. Am I really supposed to e.g. change _all_ modes in e.g. emacs > because some fonts (e.g. diff-mode) has black text defined: very bad. > > Black on White: wow, this is hard on my eyes and the same restrictions as > paper background apply. > > So, is there really not optimal way? > Should I file bug reports for e.g. emacs?
Black on a light gray or ivory works for me. I've told KDE to use a gray for the std background, Konsole defaults to "System Colors", and I do RMB->Schema->... for the odd prg which looks bad. > PS: I have "alias emacs='emacs -nw'" defined because the emacs GUI look > horrible and has very ugly fonts. And no, defining crap such as usable fonts > for every single app is not an option. I guess when you have apps coming in from all different directions, you will either have to reconfigure colors lots or live with it. <shrug> - Bruce
