On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 16:04 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > 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? ;)
Seen in the deficient lighting of the computer room at 4 o'clock in the morning, it looked black. In natural light, it was probably the darkest shade of green that technology could produce at the time but I couldn't tell as I don't remember seeing much daylight when I was using those ;-) Bruno -- 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
