Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:33:15 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: babkin@users.sourceforge.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC Message-ID: <20060419173315.GD24534@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <32575854.2582371145467129800.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net> References: <32575854.2582371145467129800.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net>
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"Ang utong ko ay sasabog sa sarap!" exclaimed Sergey Babkin while reading this message on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:18 and then responded with: > >From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> > > has some > >color vision problem. Mine is a bit more than others. Everytime > >I get called to work on a Linux system, I have to go in and disable > >the colors as the reds and other colors become very hard to see > >against a dark background. The problem is the luminance value of > >colors such a red is quite low compared to others. > The problem with Linux colors is that they have been > designed to be used on the white background which is > the xterm's default (and which I hate as it's tough > on my eyes). Since I usually use the black background, > I disable them too. > When I have time and patience to mess around, I set the > LS_COLORS and such variables to the complementary > bitmasks of what they've been, and that fixes the > problem with contrast on the black background. Well I run in 80x24 text mode almost all the time, and when I need some graphics/web stuff I hit the KVM and move to an XP machine. I use vidcontrol to set my screen /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol green black /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol -b blue /home/bv/.profile:vidcontrol -c blink That gives me green on black, with a blue border defining the edge of the screen. With my vision it works very well. I got to something with white on black and I find it too bright to use, except on dying monitors :-) [I've had some clients with really bad server monitors - typically SCO. On those I'd set the white to bright white to make them readable] Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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