From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HaIC3-0000f3-HL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:11:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l37L9gUJ022562; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:09:42 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l37L4PJ3015962 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:04:25 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C136D64F79 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:04:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.911 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.911 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.237, PLING_QUERY=0.326] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id J82UdEME62ov for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3640264F72 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HaHzj-0001PF-Tf for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:58:47 +0200 Received: from grante.dsl.visi.com ([208.42.141.248]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:58:47 +0200 Received: from grante by grante.dsl.visi.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:58:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!? Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20070404041739.GA15293@crowfix.com> <20070404160017.GC10689@crowfix.com> <4613D5E0.4010507@ep.mine.nu> <2235314.a5vYndrTxF@kn.gn.rtr.message-center.info> <20070407130828.4c264c4c@pascal.spore.ath.cx> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: grante.dsl.visi.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 6c53ef00-998b-4fdb-8e29-81912631006e X-Archives-Hash: 748e6801faa17d8a15a929ceb523d20b On 2007-04-07, Dan Farrell wrote: >> Only on certain terminals. They're quite unreadable on a white >> background (which has always been the default for xterm and >> it's descendants, right?). > > Why this is the case, I don't think I'll ever understand. > White terminal backgrounds, aside from the invisible color > problem, also are hella ugly. Many people disagree. I think black backgrounds are "hella ugly" and hard to read for long periods of time. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... I want FORTY-TWO at TRYNEL FLOATATION SYSTEMS visi.com installed withinSIX AND A HALF HOURS!!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list