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From: Alex Herbert <aherbert@ndirect.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: White, Black, now white again..
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 17:20:52 +0000
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Robert Ryan wrote:

> (Alan) Yep Luen Yuen wrote:
> >
> > how about a nice blue colour? blue is the softest colour to the eyes.
> >
>
> It looks like everyones showing off their XTerm preferences =). Darker
> backgrounds are easier on the eye, easier to pick font colours for, and
> work better with image transparencies. Seeing as the Yaroze is the black
> playstation, black would have made more sense. I usually pick green on
> black, white on grey or gold on black for my XTerm sessions. White
> backgrounds give me a headache. There's no pleasing everyone though.
> Someone's going to bitch about it whatever colours are used.
>
> Rob Ryan.
>
> --
> A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
>  -- Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night)


I'm not that fussed really.  I just hate white text, regardless of
background colour, as I tend to print stuff - white text of white paper
ain't very helpful.


Herbs