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On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:45:15 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > Those particular colours are less useful, because they are designed |
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> > for a black background, |
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> But the default background on terminals under X has always been |
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> white (at least as long as I remember). Are there really a lot |
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> of Gentoo users who just run on the console and don't use X? |
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Until recently, it was all Gentoo users, since the installation was done |
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fro a virtual console. |
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> > but it is easy enough to change to a more suitable selection. |
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> My point was why default to something that isn't useful for the |
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> standard terminal emulators like xterm, aterm, rxvt, etc. Are |
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> there common terminal emulators that default to a black |
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> background? |
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Not that I know of, but that's irrelevant. The defaults fit what |
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*everyone* has, and can be so easily changed to suit the optional |
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alternative. |
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The important word here is "default", that's all it is, you can use |
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whatever colours you want, or none at all. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Failure is not an option...it is integrated with every Microsoft product. |
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