From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: converting people to Emacs and org-mode Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:03:46 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ip3wjdlw.fsf@gmail.com> <7401FF63-B5F4-46AF-BD35-9717130FADBB@gmail.com> <87sj30hu83.fsf@gmail.com> <87ip3e4p60.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <878v4aqylm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <86k3nu73zm.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36547) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUMxq-0005uG-VT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:03:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUMxo-0000QE-9l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:03:50 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::230]:59131) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUMxo-0000Pa-0s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:03:48 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f48.google.com with SMTP id eo20so1987518lab.35 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:03:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86k3nu73zm.fsf@somewhere.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Sebastien Vauban Cc: emacs-orgmode On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > Bastien wrote: >> Eric S Fraga writes: >> >>> And I've not only given up trying to convert anybody to Emacs, I have >>> also given up trying to explain why a dark background with light text is >>> much better on the eyes. Too much inertia and bad practices out there >>> unfortunately. >> >> On this slightly off-topic subject, an oculist told me the dark >> background did not really matter, what matters is the contrast. >> Very high and very low are not good, something inbetween (but >> he could point to a way to quantify this.) >> >> I use xcalib (http://xcalib.sourceforge.net/) to quickly switch >> from light-on-dark (most often) to dark-on-light (from time to >> time) and I recommend it. > > What I once heard from ergonomical studies is that "black on white" was better > than "white on black". Though, is it based on real grounds? > Others want to know, too. If you find the answer... you'll get a lot of votes :) - http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6925/are-light-on-dark-colour-schemes-for-computer-screens-better-for-programmers John > Best regards, > Seb > > -- > Sebastien Vauban > >