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24.3.50; emacs -Q -nw: awful color for input fields: BRIGHT YELLOW

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15974: closed (24.3.50; emacs -Q -nw: awful color for input
 fields: BRIGHT YELLOW)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:35:01 +0000

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; emacs -Q -nw: awful color for input fields: BRIGHT YELLOW
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:13:43 -0800 (PST)

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See attached screenshot, for emacs -Q -nw, of a Customize buffer, showing
color-name fields and face fields.

"What were they thinking?" is what anyone looking at this should think.
All user input fields, including the giant search field, are BRIGHT YELLOW.
On a black background, no less.

A much better color choice for this would be something like `lightgray' or
`darkgray'.  This is nuts.  Hard to believe that no one has complained
about this before now, or that it has not been corrected before now.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-11-20 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 15974-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15974: 24.3.50;
 emacs -Q -nw: awful color for input fields: BRIGHT YELLOW
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:33:46 +0200

> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:22:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 15974-don <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Let's agree to disagree on this.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > (FWIW, I see nothing wrong with the existing color to begin with.)
> 
> And I am clearly no spokesperson for tty use or dark background use.
> It is fine with me if this is closed with no changes.  Thanks for
> looking into it, though.

Closing.

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