From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 01:14:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0740037B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC0443FF2 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:14:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id h5H8EhX19111; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:14:43 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20030617181443.14492@caamora.com.au> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:14:43 +1000 From: jonathan michaels To: doc@freebsd.org References: <002601c333c8$426f44d0$020aa8c0@aims.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <002601c333c8$426f44d0$020aa8c0@aims.private>; from Nigel Weeks on Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:57:40AM +1000 Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook Color Scheme X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:14:59 -0000 all, On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:57:40AM +1000, Nigel Weeks wrote: > I had a little play with your docbook.css file, and came up with something > you might like. i apologise in advance, for the fact that "like" is not a word that i can use in connection with "colour schemes" on internet based (actually any) documentation. for me (and those like me) it is far less esoteric, it is a matter of being able to see/discern the text on/from the background. colour discrimination is not a gift that all share equally abundantly. i am writing on behalf of the disabled people who are not able to participate in community other than by what is available to them on "the internet" and for those who have colour compromised vision. > Here's a demo of it - I did attach it to my original email, but it was stuff deleted > http://www.aims.com.au/nigel/freebsd/docbook.css also sorry for the fact that (at teh moment) i have neither teh resources, excpet for a 13 inch vga monochrome screen that i have reverted to using for all documentation "browsing". i looked at teh file and found that if i did have the resources to 'read' this file as it should be i could not read the documentation i am about to ressurect an old rebol script that display a #rrggbb table for 8 bit (16 level grey scale) and 16 bit (256 level greyscale). it also has a conversion routine that produces greyscale conversion for #rrggbb input. > Pop it in a document folder(backup your old one), and see what you think! maybe one day teh processing, and teh hdd relestate and teh ability to use a 21 inch colour screen. regards jonathan -- ================================================================ Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 ==== === appropriate solution in an inappropriate world === ====