Re: [patch] selected/context colors

[Benno Schulenberg]

Charles Levert wrote:
> * On Wednesday 2005-11-16 at 22:54:58 +0100, Benno Schulenberg
> wrote: 
> > Charles Levert wrote:
> > > Have you tried with a recent 'less' version,
> > > such as 385-cl4 or 393-cl1?
> >
> > Not yet.
>
> When you do, please tell me about any remaining
> horizontal scrolling problems.

Already with an unpatched less-393 all searching and horizontal 
scrolling works fine also with coloured lines.  (Was using less-382 
up until now.)

>    "And, uh, bastard you can say, and hell
>     and damn so I have to figure out which ones
>     you couldn't..."
>
> I think he's the man regarding this, so if he
> said that "damn" is ok...
> And this was some 33 years ago.

Ah!  But times are a-changing.  Things you could say yesteryear will 
get you arrested today, or shot dead in the streets.

Sorry...  Dutch politics...  (If there is such a thing.)

Sure, "damn" is okay, if you wish, but I was also trying to say that 
it's a bit over the top, because: how many ways are there to choose 
these colours?  For a match there's only two: green, or bright red 
(taking into account it should be readable on both dark and light 
backgrounds).  Then only the colours for file name and line number 
remain.  Any combination of blue, green, cyan or magenta would do, 
really.  So, what's so damn good about the combination you happen 
to like?  No, don't answer that, let's leave it here.  :)  It does 
look good.

Benno