From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD, STOX_REPLY_TYPE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCE5203EA for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:54:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754137AbcLSWxj (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:53:39 -0500 Received: from smtp-out-5.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.69]:34749 "EHLO smtp-out-5.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752203AbcLSWxh (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:53:37 -0500 Received: from PhilipOakley ([92.22.30.2]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id J6oIc5pvNHGLwJ6oIcDjou; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:53:35 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [92.22.30.2] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.2 cv=dsCZMBo4 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=Z2NLu57L91ZL4nWmcuAXTw==:117 a=Z2NLu57L91ZL4nWmcuAXTw==:17 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=7vUEEOO_AAAA:8 a=t5ezx9KkqYA6CUZBtkEA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=-FEs8UIgK8oA:10 a=NWVoK91CQyQA:10 a=Bn2pgwyD2vrAyMmN8A2t:22 a=X_Y1BvaDLgsXqAkisrwy:22 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Philip Oakley" From: "Philip Oakley" To: "Michael Haggerty" , "Paul Mackerras" Cc: "Git List" , "Michael Haggerty" References: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] gitk: tweak rendering of remote-tracking references Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:53:35 -0000 Organization: OPDS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfNrURnb7+pWVZAd4juhxqCa61rhbWqacYAAvYiqGpkWZELlIkZujRcMJ3F8QV5mtYteFK+0hU2xemo5Uo58TlTl8OFbh8R5lw8ryXnPTCpG2rPp4PU3l cbbpTEl/ZdsPCmRjsNdm43C/JWRJrpMumDJpavtj8JJvbpgOZH+hv9O+oFdWmoy6tBhlvr/HfvPaSMLHr7qFIaNUBmMMx8NMazPdwhO/DU51wgTQXAl/kT9n TI2eFOSH5KwcXk81yhYiwA== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: "Michael Haggerty" > This patch series changes a bunch of details about how remote-tracking > references are rendered in the commit list of gitk: > [...] > * Introduce a separate constant to specify the background color used > for the branch name part of remote-tracking references, to allow it > to differ from the color used for local branches (which by default > is bright green). > > * Change the default background colors for remote-tracking branches to > light brown and brown (formerly they were pale orange and bright > green). > > I understand that the colors of pixels on computer screens is an even > more emotional topic that that of bikesheds, so I implemented the last > change as a separate commit, the last one in the series. Feel free to > drop it if you don't want the default color change. > Just to say that there was an issue with the bright green (lime) a while back when 'green' changed its colour. dscho reported in (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/300#issuecomment-133702654 26 Aug 2015) "[T]his is a change in Tk 8.6 described here (http://wiki.tcl.tk/1424): From Tcl/Tk 8.6 on, Tk uses Web colours instead of X11 ones, where they conflict." In particular the old bright green version of 'green' became a darker green, with the old colour becoming named lime. For me, I needed to change my colour scheme (to a lime) as I could not read the refs against the darker colour. Anyway, that's the background as I know it. -- Philip