[ale] Xterm

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 16:28 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > 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".

If I really wanted nausea while working, I'd still be using Microsoft :}
> 
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