Duncan posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:38:52 -0000 (UTC) as excerpted: > It should be mentioned, however, that unlike the other color settings > which have fg/bg pairs, only per-group fg colors are customizable. The > bg has no per-group setting and is always that set in the main > prefs/colors dialog (group-pane-color-bg in preferences.xml).
BTW, if there's a thought that there are too many color settings and the number could/should be reduced... If it is wished to reduce the number of color settings I'd suggest that all the body pane background color settings could be eliminated, either replacing them with a single configurable body pane background setting or using the "Other Text" background setting. (IIRC the original problem back when Charles was instituting colors was that the background color wasn't settable at all and defaulted to blinding white. Or maybe it was backgrounds settable but not foregrounds, which lead to in invisible dark-on-dark text if a dark background was selected since foregrounds defaulted to dark as well. I've seen both problems over the years and don't remember for sure which one pan originally suffered from. But either way, while I /like/ lots of settings and certainly don't object myself, I can see a case being made that there's too many color choices ATM. And reducing them would be fine too, IMO. as long as there's a way to set the normal text background, along with multiple customizable foregrounds (or the reverse, multiple configurable background settings with a single configurable foreground), so it works for both those who prefer lighter backgrounds and those who are in blinding pain with them. Tho by definition of workable/readable contrast such a settings policy does eliminate some of the choices one would otherwise have for whichever of fg/bg /is/ multi-configurable.) For header pane scores the situation last I saw a scored post was that only the score column was colored, not the entire line. That column's normally pretty short, and being bigger, a non-default background is much easier to spot than non-default text/foreground. So there the multiple backgrounds need kept altho a single configurable foreground/text setting would work. Alternatively, score-color the entire line instead of just the score column, in which case backgrounds could be reduced to a single configurable with foregrounds/text remaining multi-configurable. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
