On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:45:15 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:

> > Those particular colours are less useful, because they are designed
> > for a black background,  
> 
> But the default background on terminals under X has always been
> white (at least as long as I remember).  Are there really a lot
> of Gentoo users who just run on the console and don't use X?

Until recently, it was all Gentoo users, since the installation was done
fro a virtual console.

> > but it is easy enough to change to a more suitable selection.  
> 
> My point was why default to something that isn't useful for the
> standard terminal emulators like xterm, aterm, rxvt, etc.  Are
> there common terminal emulators that default to a black
> background?

Not that I know of, but that's irrelevant. The defaults fit what
*everyone* has, and can be so easily changed to suit the optional
alternative.

The important word here is "default", that's all it is, you can use
whatever colours you want, or none at all.


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Neil Bothwick

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