On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:13:44 -0400 (EDT)
Kendrick Vargas <kvarga01_at_fiu.edu>
wrote concerning 'Re: FVWM: OFF TOPIC: rxvt pixmaps':
> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, A. van Werven wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if somebody could point me towards some decent rxvt
> > background pixmaps.
> > The pictures I have now mostly make any text illegible.
>
> this is why background pixmaps are generally a bad idea for xterms... The
> font for the text is too fine, and tends to be out of contrast with ANY
> texture that the image might have. If you really want to look for an
> image... look for one that doesn't have much detail, doesn't change color
> much, and that contrasts well with the color of your font.
I think the use of pixmaps is a very personal issue. I like doing it, but
know lots of people who find it very distracting. I think the correct
choice of font and low contrast pics with lots of dark colours works
quite well.
I did some screenshots of my setup:
http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~ric/rxvt/
(big pics, may be slow).
Ric
Richard J Lister, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Phone: +1 202-687 2878
Email: ric_at_giccs.georgetown.edu
Web:
http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~ric/
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Received on Tue Apr 14 1998 - 14:03:44 BST