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Pelles C => Feature requests => Topic started by: GypsyPrince on June 22, 2018, 06:37:19 PM

Title: Optimal background color...
Post by: GypsyPrince on June 22, 2018, 06:37:19 PM
Major commercial software developers have spent a lot of money in research to determine the optimal window background color to reduce eye strain while improving readability of screen text. They have determined it to be (in RGB colors) R = 33, G = 40, and B = 48. This is the default background color for such systems as AutoCAD to reduce eye fatigue for individuals spending all day in front of a computer screen. It is also the editor window background color used in the "Obsidian" color scheme employed by many other software development systems.
 
Is there any chance you might add this particular color to Pelles C as an editor background color option? Call it "Charcoal Gray", or something to that effect. Currently, black is the closest color available, but it leaves the text too high contrast for the eyes.

Also, is there any chance you might add the "Insert Snippet" command to the right-click context menu? Doing so would be very handy, as I use the snippet feature very often.
Title: Re: Optimal background color...
Post by: TimoVJL on June 22, 2018, 07:07:47 PM
You can edit that Text_BG value in reg or xml-file.
Title: Re: Optimal background color...
Post by: GypsyPrince on June 23, 2018, 05:06:24 AM
TimoVJL -

Awesome. Thanks! Now that's taken care of, it just leaves putting the Insert Snippet command in the right-click context menu.
Title: Re: Optimal background color...
Post by: TimoVJL on June 23, 2018, 05:40:56 AM
You can make an Add-In for it. Look at an example.
Title: Re: Optimal background color...
Post by: d3dx on February 19, 2019, 12:21:11 AM
Wow! Thank you very much! :)