From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature request Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:03:53 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040717190353.GA8785@fencepost> References: <5065e290040715201263f8535f@mail.gmail.com> <86r7raofip.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090091070 10200 80.91.224.253 (17 Jul 2004 19:04:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 17 21:04:23 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BluTv-0007EH-00 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:04:23 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BluTu-0002JH-00 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:04:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BluWV-0007OQ-JP for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BluWT-0007OK-Ec for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:07:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BluWR-0007O8-UZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:07:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BluWR-0007O5-S1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:06:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BluTS-0004lY-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BluTR-0002kk-UJ; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:03:53 -0400 Original-To: Kai Grossjohann Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86r7raofip.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25798 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25798 On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > > Actually as someone who always uses one (in Emacs), I can safely state > > that a well-selected background image reduces mental strain quite a bit; > > I'd say this makes it `more ergonomic'. > > Can you post a (URL of a) screenshot? I wonder what that image might > look like... I can but it's not magic -- I just take some background image I like, one that's not too wild, and reduce the brightness/contrast a bunch. The result is something that's not black, but sort of darkish; I find that it feels far more "open" than a pure-color background of any color. [BTW, what looks good seems to _strongly_ depend on your monitor -- I can't use the same one at work and home, even when I was using a CRT in both cases.] -Miles -- o The existentialist, not having a pillow, goes everywhere with the book by Sullivan, _I am going to spit on your graves_.