[ale] Xterm

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Wed Feb 1 20:13:57 EST 2006


James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 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".

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...

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

Good point.  I've given up Microsoft and alcohol...

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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