RE: [Lynx-dev] not setting background in lynx.lss when using--enable-default-colors

[Larson, Timothy E.]

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   > On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   > > Would it be possible to have lynx.lss not contain these lines:
>   > > normal:            normal:              lightgray:black
>   > > default:           normal:              white:black
>   > >
>   > > when lynx is configured with --enable-default-colors ?
>   > >
>   > > This would allow the background to have the default color (for
>   example > > white in xterm) instead of defaulting to black.
>   >
>   > But then the places where it's using yellow would be on white.
> 
> That is a lot less annoying than the black background by default.

I disagree.  Either assume the user has set all colors (for his personal
maximum legibility), or lynx should set all colors (for general maximum
legibility).  Half measures will result in low contrast color
combinations, which hinders usability.


Tim