[Bug-gnubg] RE: help : color blind tutor mode :-)

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> > Dear Oystein,
> > At first many thank´s for your work at gnu backgammon for windows.
> >
> > I downloaded the gnu backgammon for windows, and I try to
> > improve and analyse my move. The program is marvelous.
> 
> All the other developers and contributors diserves a big thank
> as well.

Yes all other have to receive a big thank's for all their work and for 
the contributors to the world :-) Thank's to all

> > I´m sorry but I have to ask you something if it is possible.
> >
> > I´ have the problem that I don´t see some color like the red
> > in this case. I´m color blind :-(
> 
> Highly interesting! We really don't want to exclude anyone from
> using the program and we'll try to help you as much as possible.
>
:-))

> > I have no problem with the board for me is ok , but when I
> > play in the tutor mode or I see my recorded match session
> > and so on , the tutor mode display´s my move in red (my wife
> > read for me) or I have to search the move seeing the sequence.
> 
> Aha, I see the problem.

Strange, but very hard sometime in the life ;-) . I'm red and green 
color blind, I never see the eyes of my wife they are green, I see like 
gray
> 
> > I´m not a programmer and I don´t know if it is possible,
> > would be possible the line of the tutor mode that is in red
> > color also in another font style for example italic and bold.
> 
> Possible? Everything is possible, but some tasks requires more
> programming than other tasks. 
> I'll try to explain the problem from a programers view. As you may
> know, we're using GTK as a toolkit. For the windows build, I'm
> using GTK-1.2 and the widget for displaying the move is called
> clist. The bad thing about this widget (for version 1.2 of GTK) is
> that it can not show different font types, bold or italic. It can
> display different colors though. The red color for the selected move
> is move is hard coded. 
> The simplest solution will be if I just recompiled with an other
> color then red (just name your preference), an sent you the executable
> Would that satisfy you?
Yes for me the blue would be perfect and ok
Attention that satisfy me :-) but no other color blind and I don't want 
only for me, that would be not correct for other people and so I think
red color blind
green color blind
yellow color blind
orange color blind (this is a derivate)
Than other person that see black and with
I could not explain like i see the color but you can imagine that i see 
garden in gray, some red i see, some other not,green for me is out ;-), 
so I would say tath the color settable in the preference had be if 
possible free, like selecting the color of the piece.
 
> 
> An other option would be to change to a GTK-2.0 based windows build.
> The clist widget in gtk-2.0 _can_ display different fonts. This will
> require some programming I believe, though not much.
> 
> The best thing would be to have the color and font of the whole widget
> controled by a setting in gnubg.gtkrc. I don't think this will be much
> of a challenge either. I'll see what I can do.

Yes for example for the person tath see only black and white only the 
color and the font could be help very good.

> 
> > Thank´s a lot anyway and good work.
> 
> I'm copying the mailing list. Maybe some of the other readers
> have some opinions as well. (Or bright ideas!)

Yes I copy also the mailing list with my notation color for have a 
better idea's perhaps.
And finally thank's to all for your work and for the attention to my 
little problem, for the little problem of other color blind, for the 
big problem of totally color blind, in they world not much, and I send 
you my very special thank's and greeting in the color that you prefer.
Many thank's, best regard
Massimiliano d'Ajello
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