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<chuck_hines_at_VNET.IBM.COM> writes:
> >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Espen <dane_at_bae.bellcore.com> writes:
>
> Dan> <chuck_hines_at_VNET.IBM.COM> writes:
> >>
> >> Howdy all.
> >> Here's the ChangeLog:
> >> 2.0.42
> >> 1. More small Imake fixes & man page updates
> Dan> ...
> >> 18. Added new-system.fvwmrc, which is the beginning of a
> >> reformatted & commented rc file (from Eli Burke). Feel free to
> >> provide your $0.02 on it.
>
> Dan> You don't seem to mention more built-in defaults, but they are
> Dan> there.
>
> I didn't mention them yet because the real reason I added them was in
> an effort to get it to be able to run without an rc file, for those
> people who forget to copy the rc file into their home directory. The
> additions were not enough (it still locks up), and I didn't have more
> time to investigate it further.
>
I noticed it right away because I wasn't setting 'style "*" color' to
anything and all of a sudden my icon titles were hard to see.
> Perhaps better (or rather, easier) would be to make it yell and scream
> a lot if it can't find the file it's trying to read, which it
> currently doesn't (actually, it should probably do that regardless).
>
I think announcing that it is running without a config is good. I
still think fvwm administrators should start fvwm2 with a shell and
create a default config if the user doesn't have one. Without the
shell, you still can't upgrade from version to version without a lot
of problems.
> Dan> The default style for "color" produces icon titles that are unreadable
> Dan> due to lack of contrast:
>
> Really? It's not much contrast, but still very readable for me.
>
I had a feeling it was partly my terminal, although I have a large Sun
terminal with good resolution, I doubt that colors are consistent from
terminal to terminal.
> Dan> fvwm.c line 347
> Dan> ExecuteFunction("Style \"*\" Color black/dimgrey, Title, RandomPlaceme
> nt",
>
> Dan> I think the "dimgrey" is a good choice, it certainly suggests a
> Dan> non-selected window to me.
>
> I thought so.
>
> Dan> May I suggest "white/dimgrey" to get decent contrast.
>
> That certainly does give better contrast, but I don't think I like it
> as much. The 'white' is too much contrast. Perhaps 'wheat' or
> 'lightgrey' for the foreground would be better. How do these look on
> your system (particularily the latter, which I like only slightly less
> than the black).
>
The "wheat" looks good and the "lightgrey" looks better. If I get to
vote for white, wheat and lightgrey, I vote for lightgrey.
>
> Chuck
>
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Received on Tue Apr 16 1996 - 14:24:57 BST