Re: Diff mode faces

[Miles Bader]

On 6/28/05, Juri Linkov <address@hidden> wrote:
> Something has to be done about colors of diff context, because
> currently it is white on black for dark backgrounds, and yellow
> on white for light backgrounds.

The diff-mode colors on a dark-background terminal (gnome-terminal or
generic xterm) are:

   Changed lines:  yellow+bold on black
   Context:            white/grey on black
   Headers:          green/blue+bold on black

These colors work very well and should not be changed

On the other hand, I find the terminal _light-background_ colors
almost unreadable.  Certainly the "bold yellow" foreground used in
headers is absurd on a white background.  In general changed
foreground colors seem to work less well against a light background
(perhaps because most terminal colors are fairly bright and don't
contrast well against a white background) so perhaps it would be
better to use the default [black] foreground for the context/changed
text, and rely on making the changed lines bold.

-Miles
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