Bug#935546: debian-cd: advanced and dark-theme boot have unreadable fonts on hidpi displays

2019-08-23 Thread Samuel Thibault
unfortunately this is not enough for submenus which reset this parameter, and thus advanced and dark-theme boots still have the issue. debian-cd thus also has to include this in the submenus for it to work. I'll commit a patch. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT pr

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-26 Thread Alex ARNAUD
On 01/19/2016 11:24 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Hello Sam ! During discussions, it was raised that selecting the dark theme is not really convenient: on the syslinux images one has to press tab and append theme=dark, and on the grub images, one has to edit the grub entry... Enter theme

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-20 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/20/16, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Cindy-Sue Causey, on Wed 20 Jan 2016 10:21:16 -0500, wrote: >> On 1/19/16, Holger Levsen wrote: >> > On Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2016, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> >> Yes, that's why I'm wondering as soon as considering the 2nd >> >> accessibility-related entry :) >>

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Cindy-Sue Causey, on Wed 20 Jan 2016 10:21:16 -0500, wrote: > On 1/19/16, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2016, Samuel Thibault wrote: > >> Yes, that's why I'm wondering as soon as considering the 2nd > >> accessibility-related entry :) > > > > I think having 5-8 accessibility rel

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-20 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/19/16, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2016, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> Yes, that's why I'm wondering as soon as considering the 2nd >> accessibility-related entry :) > > I think having 5-8 accessibility related shortcuts are probably fine, just > like having 3-5 desktop envir

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-19 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Samuel, On Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2016, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Yes, that's why I'm wondering as soon as considering the 2nd > accessibility-related entry :) I think having 5-8 accessibility related shortcuts are probably fine, just like having 3-5 desktop environments to choose from… ;-) I a

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
(Please keep both lists in Cc) Charlie Kravetz, on Tue 19 Jan 2016 17:40:03 -0700, wrote: > The more you add, the more you will be asked to add. Also, adding > extras makes it that much harder to not add next time. Yes, that's why I'm wondering as soon as considering the 2nd accessibility-related

Re: dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-19 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:24:44 +0100 Samuel Thibault wrote: >Hello, > >During discussions, it was raised that selecting the dark theme is not >really convenient: on the syslinux images one has to press tab and >append theme=dark, and on the grub images, one has to edit the grub >

dark theme boot menu?

2016-01-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, During discussions, it was raised that selecting the dark theme is not really convenient: on the syslinux images one has to press tab and append theme=dark, and on the grub images, one has to edit the grub entry... So it was suggested that the dark theme could be an additional boot entry

Re: dark theme (off-list)

2015-11-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, On 12/11/2015 23:21, Peter Billam wrote: >For me console-size is an key issue. I do: > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline dpkg-reconfigure console-setup >and it offers me a choice of sizes: > 8x8, 8x14, 8x16, 16x28 (framebuffer only), 16x32 (framebuffer only) >I have 16x32 selected, the biggest,

Re: dark theme

2015-11-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Alex ARNAUD, on Mon 16 Nov 2015 11:20:15 +0100, wrote: > I've installed last week new Debien testing with the dark theme. The text is > contrasted and the size is increased but focus tracking doesn't work so in > the root password screen you can't see the input fi

Re: dark theme

2015-11-14 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alex ARNAUD, on Thu 12 Nov 2015 14:02:36 +0100, wrote: > On 12/11/2015 13:17, Samuel Thibault wrote: > >Possibly, because gnome or MATE provide some color themes which can be > >applied over the debian installer. It could be an idea to make a list of > >those themes, that can be given to the debian

Re: dark theme

2015-11-14 Thread Samuel Thibault
llcfree, on Thu 12 Nov 2015 20:10:56 +0100, wrote: > > In the matter at stake, the debian-installer is already using the gtk3 > > toolkit, so we already have support for all the personalization that it > > allows. It's now mostly a question of providing shortcuts etc. to use > > make use of it. >

Re: dark theme (off-list)

2015-11-12 Thread Alex ARNAUD
On 12/11/2015 23:21, Peter Billam wrote: I tired to send this to debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org but it was rejected as spam :-( so I'm sending it to yourself. OK, I forward with my reply. For me console-size is an key issue. I do: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline dpkg-reconfigure console-set

Re: dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread llcfree
On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 16:20 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > llcfree, on Thu 12 Nov 2015 13:42:22 +0100, wrote: > > To this, I would add the possibility of filtering out all > > mess that we are forced to download automatically from the web. > > Could you be more specific? I'll try with an example

Re: dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
llcfree, on Thu 12 Nov 2015 13:42:22 +0100, wrote: > To this, I would add the possibility of filtering out all > mess that we are forced to download automatically from the web. Could you be more specific? > I guess what I am trying to say is that it is much more important to > safeguard the possi

Re: dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
le-setup support, but there is just one size of fonts. But anyway, I don't think the color theme / font size aspect should be handled in the text installer, but in the graphical installer, which uses scalable fonts, and actually *already* makes fonts bigger when using the dark theme. Now it's

Re: dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread llcfree
For a person who is visually impaired, but not blind, the most important issue is to have a simple way to increase the character size (like ctrl-+ in firefox like browsers) and to be able to choose colors for background and foreground, a feature that tends to disappear even from free tools. To this

Re: dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Raphaël POITEVIN, on Thu 12 Nov 2015 11:13:27 +0100, wrote: > Are there other themes ? No, but it's a matter of contributing what sets of colors should be provided. The implementation itself can be done by debian-boot, they just have no idea what color sets should be provided. > Do you think inst

dark theme

2015-11-12 Thread Raphaël POITEVIN
Dear team, I will have to give a lecture about Debian installation and administration for people with multiple visual impairement : blind (Braille reader or not), partially sighted. For totally blind people, obiusly I'll propose Braille or speech. A partially sighted user told me dark

Re: dark theme question

2013-05-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jude DaShiell, le Wed 01 May 2013 05:09:14 -0400, a écrit : > Does that theme only provide services for refreshable braille display > users or does it do more than that? It does not provide services for refreshable braille display. It only changes the colors in the interface, and makes the fonts

dark theme question

2013-05-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Does that theme only provide services for refreshable braille display users or does it do more than that? --- jude Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 18 July 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Thanks, however slang was written by american people, so the UK > orthography is not recognized, it has to be lightgray, see attached > patch. Fixed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Frans Pop, le Fri 18 Jul 2008 08:05:17 +0200, a écrit : > On Thursday 17 July 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Ok, so for coherency we should probably go with the black on gray. > > Here is a patch that fixes the progression bar too. > > Committed in SVN. Thanks, however slang was written

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-17 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 17 July 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Ok, so for coherency we should probably go with the black on gray. > Here is a patch that fixes the progression bar too. Committed in SVN. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Rafalski, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 17:08:07 +0200, a écrit : > >I've put an image doing this on > >http://brl.thefreecat.org/mini.iso > >And an image using white on blue as you suggested on > >http://brl.thefreecat.org/mini-blue.iso > > > Thank you for the images. Both look good. It is ok to use

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-17 Thread Richard Rafalski
Hallo, Samuel Thibault schrieb: Samuel Thibault, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:59:31 +0100, a écrit : Richard Rafalski, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:43:43 +0200, a écrit : A selected item is marked with an asterisk. If the cursor is moved to a selected item the asterisk becomes very bad visible. A blue curso

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:59:31 +0100, a écrit : > Richard Rafalski, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:43:43 +0200, a écrit : > > A selected item is marked with an asterisk. If the cursor is moved to > > a selected item the asterisk becomes very bad visible. A blue cursor > > may solve the problem

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Rafalski, le Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:43:43 +0200, a écrit : > A selected item is marked with an asterisk. If the cursor is moved to > a selected item the asterisk becomes very bad visible. A blue cursor > may solve the problem here too. Or maybe put the asterisk black on gray, for coherency wit

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-16 Thread Richard Rafalski
Hello, Samuel Thibault schrieb: Hello, Richard Rafalski, le Wed 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0200, a écrit : The percent number and the percent sign on the progress bars are very hard to read. It's because the progress bar is bright and the font color is bright too. May be it is possible to change th

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Richard Rafalski, le Wed 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0200, a écrit : > The percent number and the percent sign on the progress bars are very > hard to read. It's because the progress bar is bright and the font color > is bright too. May be it is possible to change the font color if the > progess

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-16 Thread Richard Rafalski
Hi Samuel, I have took a first look to the two images. For a total color blind person like me the mini.iso image looks very good. With one exception: The percent number and the percent sign on the progress bars are very hard to read. It's because the progress bar is bright and the font color is b

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frans Pop, le Tue 15 Jul 2008 18:17:16 +0200, a écrit : > Are there any colors that are bad because they "look" like grey to some > colorblind users? If not, I think I'd personally prefer dark red over > dark blue with dark grey. For people on the list to test it, I've put a second mini.iso on h

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frans Pop, le Tue 15 Jul 2008 18:17:16 +0200, a écrit : > > I don't know if another color would fit better, anybody on the list > > would have an idea? > > Are there any colors that are bad because they "look" like grey to some > colorblind users? I've no idea, that's why I ask for people on deb

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-15 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 15 July 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > I had already actually. The problem is that the background color is OK :-) > technically limited to the dark palette, i.e. black, gray, and dark > colors. Setting the background of the selection to black is obviously > not correct unless we chan

Re: Bug#488494: cdebconf: Make the dark theme even more readable

2008-07-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frans Pop, le Tue 15 Jul 2008 12:58:02 +0200, a écrit : > On Monday 30 June 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Oops, I should have explained indeed: I just meant that we won't get > > bright colors (e.g. real white) in bterm until bogl gets fixed, i.e. > > even if the cdebconf part is fixed, the resu