[ale] Xterm

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
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>> Geoffrey wrote:
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>>> James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 16:28 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
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>>>>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
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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.
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>>>>> 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. :)
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>>>> 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".
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>>> 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 :}
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>>> Good point.  I've given up Microsoft and alcohol...
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>> Reminds me more of a bad acid trip back in the 60's
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> Experience?  You're showing your age, and you must be older then me!
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