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Michael Perry wrote:
default. All of the applications run in white (like mutt and ncftp). ? I know that there is someone out there who hoards these types of questions and the answers thereto.
Thanks.
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--Michael Perry-- mperry@basin.com -- As a matter of concern...why would anyone default(or set) to a white background, or any color scheme featuring dark colored text on a light background? This can be proven to be ergometrically(sic) counter to the brains normal functioning of reading light as foreground and dark as background, not to mention(i just did)
I set it to be white as a background color by the sunburn on the eyeballs that results from a blareingly bright screen... Unfortunately, due to the use of default use of black text(in unpredictable locations) in many online documents,i am forced to compromise and use a paleish lime green background for my orange(or lime-green?!?)text, ewhich is normally set on a black or indigo back ground.. I know that this color scheme harkens back to the old monochrome days(and i use color, where applicable to express information)(my little computer brainiac brother reacted with an "EWWW/") yet on the outside i figure there was some reason for it(maybe it was the low cost of orange and green phosphors, i dunno... *your friend in the periphery* #FrAcTeL# -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e