Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:10:24 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r241701 - in head/usr.sbin/bsdconfig: . include share Message-ID: <20121021181024.GE92674@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <44662B32-966F-4573-987D-EEE8A07C5A16@fisglobal.com> References: <201210181843.q9IIhs6N099621@svn.freebsd.org> <20121019055442.GA9108@FreeBSD.org> <D15CE1CB-E484-4C46-8304-60437EFEBC7D@fisglobal.com> <20121019170216.GB92674@FreeBSD.org> <44662B32-966F-4573-987D-EEE8A07C5A16@fisglobal.com>
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:36:04AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: > On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > Ah, I guess it might explain the shitty colors I see on newish FreeBSD > > screenshots of dialog(1). > > I actually prefer the colors in cdialog (more specifically, I prefer the > lack-of-yellow!). > > I'm curious about how others feel about the use of yellow (specifically > that old dialog(1)/libdialog used it a lot and new cdialog-based dialog(1)/ > libdialog doesn't use it hardly at all). While you probably know my opinion at this point, I'd like to remark that our original dialog(1) colors seem like one of our distinctive features (similar to e.g. RedHat's or Debian's text-based installers) that had been around for years and are immediately recognizable. It is sad to loose them. > It is possible to change the colorings by first creating (if you don't > already have one) a ~/.dialogrc by executing the below command: > > dialog --create-rc ~/.dialogrc > > followed by editing said file. > > So while the default look and feel has changed, it's possible to customize > it to your liking. I would wholeheartedly prefer us to have original colors by default, and to provide alternative color scheme for those how experience some difficulties with them (e.g. MacOSX users), not the other way around. ./danfe
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