[ale] Xterm

[Jack Schneider]

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Scott Castaline wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> Scott Castaline wrote:
>>   
>>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 16:28 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> There is something mysterious about using an Xterm with a background of
>>>>>>> black and foreground of white.  Its as if I'm looking through a window
>>>>>>> into the system itself capable of taking the power of Linux into my own
>>>>>>> hands.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't get this feeling when the xterm has a bg of white and an fg of
>>>>>>> black.  Its like looking at a boring piece of paper with drivel all over
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do get this feeling when I have a bg of black and fg of either green
>>>>>>> or amber.  But to me the window is more like a classy text terminal that
>>>>>>> is the road to the heart of the system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just a thought that popped in my head after I executed Xterm for the
>>>>>>> 50th time today.
>>>>>>>        
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> Go with a mixture of red and blue.   It'll appear as if the text is 
>>>>>> floating on the background.  It's because the visible frequencies are so 
>>>>>> far apart. :)
>>>>>>      
>>>>>>           
>>>>> That is a guaranteed headache! Because the frequencies are so far apart
>>>>> the eye can't focus on both at the same time so the always look like the
>>>>> "swim".
>>>>>    
>>>>>         
>>>> Exactly, I can remember as a kid, we had this board game that had red 
>>>> lettering on blue background.  If you shook the box back and forth, the 
>>>> letters looked like they moved independent of the background...
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
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>>>>> If I really wanted nausea while working, I'd still be using Microsoft :}
>>>>>    
>>>>>         
>>>> Good point.  I've given up Microsoft and alcohol...
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>       
>>> Reminds me more of a bad acid trip back in the 60's
>>>     
>> Experience?  You're showing your age, and you must be older then me!
>>
>>   
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