Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)

To: Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
From: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:33:48 +1100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20000323083348.S16082@taz.net.au>
Mail-followup-to: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20000321162331B.dancer@netfort.gr.jp>; from dancer@netfort.gr.jp on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> garabik> > 	COLOR:1:cyan:black
> garabik> > 	COLOR:5:brightcyan:black
> 
> The same can be said about the default "ls" colors.
> It shows directory names with blue on black.

yep, i forgot to mention that until after i'd sent the message.

blue on black is just a bad idea - too little contrast between fg & bg
to be readable.

craig

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craig sanders

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