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Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:

> On 2014-02-24, Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> wrote:
>> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:
>>
>>> Shadow wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:41:55 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
>>>> <rswood@therandymon.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From the "because that's what's holding Gnome3 back" department:
>>>>> Title: A Look At The New Gedit GUI In GNOME 3.12
>>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:16:36 -0500
>
>>> It does *look* nice, but unfortunately that's not what I ask of my
>>> software.  (I still use Xemacs sometimes, and it's frikkin' ugly,
>>> let's face it).
>>
>> You should try Emacs instead.
>> Almost the same as XEmacs except for active support,
>> more features, and faster.
>>
>> Anyway, if your XEmacs looks ugly, it's your own fault.
>> In my case, menubar turned off, tool bar turned off,
>> background black, default foreground Chartreuse,
>> Mode line wheat with 3d effect.
>>
>> I don't see much of the editor except for the mode line,
>> but that's the way I want it.  And the text I'm editing
>> looks great.
>
> I *do* use emacs 23, actually, and prefer it to Xemacs.  Was just
> pointing out that I'm ok using software that's not easy on the eyes.
> I'll try that color scheme tonight and see if it works. Truth is, I use
> most editors - emacs and vim - on the console, so lousy Xwindows
> graphics aren't often a problem :)   

In the old days, we called mainframe terminals green screens.
Green on black was (and is) considered easy on the eyes.
If you just use the color green (Red=0,Green=255,Blue=0) it
will be too dark. Chartreuse is brighter and works well as
a foreground against black.

Not sure what you mean by lousy XWindows graphics.
XWindows draws widgets and fonts like any other OS.

-- 
Dan Espen

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Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-24 11:41 +0000
  Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-02-24 12:16 -0300
    Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-24 18:00 +0000
      Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-02-24 13:50 -0500
        Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-24 20:46 +0000
          Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-02-24 16:10 -0500
  Re: Gedit gets a GUI makeover in Gnome 3.12 Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2014-03-08 19:10 +0000

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