From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:34:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:34:53 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:58379 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:34:52 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] menuconfig color sanityExpires: Date: 8 Jan 2003 12:43:30 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <20030108104714.GM268@gage.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Bill Davidsen In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Man, did you look at this on a console? That is uglier than a hedgehog's > asshole! Good idea, poor implementation. Please retry, the default colors > are not as bad on an xterm as the new colors on a console. And with small > memory machines I sure don't build kernels using X! > Also, whatever color set is chosen: make sure it works on a 512-character font console, which doesn't have the high-intensity colors. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt