Re: horrible mc colorscheme

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

godo wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 
> > > 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1.
> > >
> > > And the new color scheme is enough to cause instant blindness :-(
> > > No kidding!
> > >
> > > How do I get back to what I had?
> > > Anybody?
> >
> > So what happened is that starting with 4.7.0 mc supports skins.
> >
> > There are 5 skins shipped with mc:
> >
> > darkfar - black background
> > default - the old default: blue background
> > double-lines - like default but with double lines. Couldn't get that 
> > to work
> > featured - like double-lines
> > gotar - black backround
> >
> > I found 2 skins googling:
> >
> > elite_commander - unreadable with black backround
> > bluemoon - black background.
> >
> > I found no skins anywhere with my choice for years: white background.
> >
> > So it's back to the old blue default because it takes days of diddling 
> > to make up a skin.
> >
> > Hugo
> Hi,
> I was just download and open elite_commander skin.
> I think if in:
> [core]
>     _default_=gray;
>
> change to white
> [core]
>     _default_=white;
> it should be white background.
> I don't have mc so I can't try, but it seems easy to modified.

Hi Goran,

I just posted a followup with my complaint on the mc user list:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc/2010-April/msg00024.html

It's not that simple as I mention there: when you change that default 
option all the directory entries turn bright white and in mcedit the 
entries turn black on white with a blue background which looks ridiculous.

The problem is that they changed a major function without fallback and 
without a spectrum of options.

Too bad but it's waiting until skins get developed or pinning mc to 
prevent 4.7.0.1 from installing.

Hugo