Listings Question About Ping

[Paul Allen Newell]

On 12/23/2011 11:58 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/23/2011 08:09 AM, Craig White wrote:
>> dark terminal backgrounds are good for novelty but not good for actually
>> using on a semi-continual basis.
>
> Speak for yourself, John Alden.  I happen to like bright green on 
> black.  Not only do I find it quite readable, it reminds me of days 
> gone by. If I ever tire of it, I'll probably change the foreground to 
> amber, for the same reason.

Joe:

If I read the prior posts correctly, Richard Heck cites a black text on 
red background. That's alot different than bright green on black ... or 
even amber (which I have to admit does remind me of old days as well).

Pure RGB red is a tricky one that works much better with white than 
black ... and I will qualify by saying this is my opinion so nobody 
flames me for advocating a fact without proof (though my memory recalls 
lots of warnings based on fact ... I can only remember the "RGB red 
doesn't map into NTSC color-space" at the moment which I learned from 
experience).

Paul