Re: [Pan-users] New group-colors support, black default doesn't work with "reverse" color-schemes

[Heinrich Müller]

Am 14.06.2012 23:36, schrieb Duncan:
> OK, here's the deal.  The group colors code is working now; I can change
> colors in group prefs and it sticks. Good!  =:^)  (And the ASCII ae is
> working in the user-agent header "Der Geraet", aka "The Tool", "The
> Device" now.  Good! =:^)
>
> But, the default group-pane color is still hard-coded black text, which
> is pretty much unreadable on any "reverse" color scheme with (normally)
> light text colors against dark backgrounds (dark blue, in my case).
> Which is still OK for groups you use enough to bother changing the
> default color for, but the other day, for instance, I needed to look up
> an unsubscribed group name, and found to my great dismay that I couldn't
> read any of them, because they were all black text on my usual dark blue
> background!
>
> Two possible solutions:
>
> 1. Detect the gtk scheme background color and auto-adjust the default
> text color accordingly.
>
> 2. Take the approach Charles did with this sort of thing, and simply add
> another color pref on the colors tab of pan prefs. =:^)
I'll do that. Fix will be up later today.
>
> We'd add another section, Group Pane, with a single entry,
> "Default group text:".
>
> Except, I don't see anything else using "default" in the description.
> Petr's the guy to ask.  "Default" is a useful enough word for coders and
> others into computers, but is it a common enough concept to work for 
non-
> computer-types?   Better suggestion?
This is common sense. The default value would override the group value
if that one isn't set.

Cheers.