Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.mac.apps > #18818

Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher

Show all headers | View raw

In article <1lbfe24.6mw49f1yo94gyN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:

>  I've always liked a black terminal background too. It just feels more...
>  terminal-ish, heh. Especially with green text which reminds me of using
>  the Apple II back in my early school years.
> 
>  Funny - normally black text on white is easiest for me to read (that was
>  after all part of the revelation of the original Mac in 1984 - finally
>  we got crisp black WYSIWYG text on white for the very first time on a
>  screen - for me anyway), but I can't stand a terminal window setup with
>  black text on white - it feels harder to read in that situation.
> 
>  Is it the smaller size of the text I prefer in a terminal window? The
>  fixed width font? Both of the aforementioned in concert? Nostalgia
>  overriding good sense? Or is there really something about coloured text
>  on black that helps me read and focus when using a terminal app? *shrug*
> 
>  I'm pretty sure my brain works in some weird ways... :-)

If so, mine does too. When using a GUI usenet client, I had it set to 
black-on-white, but as soon as I moved to slrn, it was white on black... 
Funny that!

-- 
Sandman[.net]

Back to comp.sys.mac.apps | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-23 19:37 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Mike Dee <mikedee@emteedee.invalid> - 2013-10-23 22:59 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-26 23:14 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 14:05 +1300
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-27 18:02 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 21:09 +1300
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-27 19:33 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 09:12 +0000
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-28 00:57 +1300
              Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 13:39 +0000
              Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:28 +0000
                Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-28 10:58 +1300
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:13 +0000
            Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-10-28 10:35 +1100
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 20:37 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 19:37 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-10-27 23:16 +0000
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 01:10 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 03:12 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-24 05:32 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-24 06:51 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2013-10-24 18:15 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-26 23:07 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 02:41 +0000
      Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 20:07 +0000
        Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 20:35 +0000
          Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 21:24 +0000
  Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 19:32 +0000
    Re: slrn as a replacement for MT-NewsWatcher Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-27 22:00 +0000

csiph-web