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Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2006, mwoehlke wrote:
>> Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>> Hmm, weird -- for me the foreground color of the icons is *always*
>>> black.
>>
>> Unfortunately, a: this isn't the case for me, and b: as you've so
>> astutely pointed out, if it was that would still be problematic :-). (In
>> reality, I've learned that *someone* is always going to exercise poor
>> design and so I usually pick a background light enough for black to be
>> at least marginally visible against it).
> 
> Besides, I was wrong -- the foreground isn't always black, it may
> sometimes be the inverted background color.

That was *my* first thought, but obviously that's not what I'm seeing. 
I'd be curious if anyone *does* know what's happening, because I can't 
figure it out (not without digging in the code, at least). :-)

>> I wish I could get to it, but I don't have the time right now :-(. I
>> would appreciate if someone else can do it, otherwise if I haven't heard
>> anything I may try to tackle this myself when I *do* have time.
> 
> Actually, I looked into this last night, and it turned out to be not too
> bad for the common case.  There are still some glitches left, but it's
> better than what we have now.  I'll send a preliminary patch to
> cygwin-apps shortly.

Thanks... I'll let you and Brian get your heads together and figure this 
out. Again, let me know if you need any help.

>> Yeah, I'm too lazy to go download it right now and send a private e-mail,
>> etc... I was hoping they watch the list ;-).
> 
> No need to download anything:
> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/setup/ChangeLog?rev=2.547&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=cygwin-apps> 
> 
> BTW, private emails are really discouraged, and most people working on
> setup do read this list.
>     Igor

That was the *other* reason I just said it here ;-). Oh... ok, and it 
took a while to actually find the change (in 2.511). Thanks (again) Brian.

And thanks for the pointer, I'll try to remember that. :-)

-- 
Matthew
Interix, Sphinterix. Cygwin apps don't crash. :-)


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