From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Turning off colorization Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:06:43 +0200 Message-ID: <83bnojrqws.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a944cm3x.fsf@moondust.localdomain> <20141107135721.GA22696@boo.workgroup> <83fvdvrtw0.fsf@gnu.org> <20141107144707.GB22696@boo.workgroup> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415372849 5038 80.91.229.3 (7 Nov 2014 15:07:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 15:07:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Gregor Zattler Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 07 16:07:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xml8A-0008MO-Ar for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:07:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60594 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xml89-0000YK-MC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:07:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53754) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xml7y-0000Y5-CG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xml7m-0005qE-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:07:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:36119) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xml7m-0005q4-KU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:06:54 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NEO00O00CB41N00@mtaout26.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:05:25 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NEO00FMFCL1IK80@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:05:25 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <20141107144707.GB22696@boo.workgroup> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176527 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 15:47:07 +0100 > From: Gregor Zattler > > > FWIW, I just tried that, and I cannot support the "quite unreadable" > > claim. I have no problem reading it, and it doesn't even annoy. > > This astonishes me because in the described setup the background > is bright white, links are barely readable bright blue or bright > turquoise while normal text is invisible (=bright white). The way an X-based terminal emulator converts color specifications to X colors is not 100% deterministic, and depends both on your X setup and system-wide customizations. > In the case of what I see in the case of the urxvt I would > dispute "personal". A attach two screen shots, they weigh 64 > KiBi in sum, don't know if the mailing list supports this Your #909090 color (the background color) is too bright, AFAICS. What I see is significantly darker, which is why the text is readable in my case. I don't know enough about X colors to tell why the difference.