Re: My Blues just go more blue
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 06:11:30PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Ok, I just did a dist-upgrade on my Sid machine and blue text changed.
> I first noticed in mutt that my light blue lines got darker -- I see
> it in the background color in the header line, for example:
>
> ---Mutt: =lists.debian-user [Msgs:6754 New:6263 Flag:1 Post:47 Inc:1]---(threads/date)------(end)---
>
> Use to be light blue and now it's dark blue.
>
> And when I reply to a message (I use vim as my editor) the quoted text
> whet from a readable light blue text on black background to an unreadable dark
> blue on black background.
>
> What would be the common change? I realize I don't understand how
> colors from, say, mutt or vim running in an xterm get translated into
> colors on my monitor. Does mutt say "blue" and then the xterm has to
> translate that somehow?
Mutt: Curses, please make this blue.
Curses reads terminfo.
Curses: Xterm, please ^[[44m
Xterm reads RESOURCE_MANAGER (loaded from .Xdefaults)
Xterm: Xlib, XSetForeground(dpy, gc, blue_pixel)
Xlib: X11, SetGCValues gc GCForeground blue_pixel
X11: draw stuff as blue_pixel
vidcard:send electricity down blue wire
monitor:light blue pixel
===== SEPARATOR ====
Points of control:
1: .muttrc
2: Terminfo (upgraded libncurses would change this)
3: X Resources / X Defaults (changed by upgrading Xterm, if not
overriden by .Xdefaults)
4: Videocard palette - if you use an 8bit/4bit video mode, you could be
running a color-hogging program and Xterm has to settle for a similar
color.
5: Wiring mistake in the cabling/monitor. If dist-upgrade changed that,
call a paranormal-occurences hotline :)
Order of Probability:
3: likely
2: possible
1, 4: would be major policy violations
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