Re: Default colors vs. gamma

[Dennis Leeuw]

Alexander Malmberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A common complaint about GNUstep is that it isn't pretty enough, and a 
> common response in #GNUstep is "fix your gamma". Since it seems that 
> most users don't set their gamma properly, I wrote the following patch:
>
> http://w1.423.telia.com/~u42308495/alex/systemColorGamma.patch
>
> which simply does gamma adjustments on the default system colors before 
> using them. The GSSystemColorGamma default controls the gamma, and 
> defaults to 1.6, which makes things bright and cheerful for 
> non-gamma-adjusted users. (Users who have adjusted their gamma will want 
> to set this default to 1.0 or things will be _very_ bright. :)
>
> So, do we want to do this? If so, what do we want the default value to 
> be? 1.6 is nice for users who haven't set their gamma, but not so nice 
> for users who have set it; I'm not really happy about forcing users who 
> have set things up properly to set a default just to tell GNUstep that 
> their system is set up properly, but if this makes GNUstep prettier to 
> other users, it might be worthwhile.
>
> Thoughts?

I agree that forcing a setting onto somebody that has setup his/her 
system the way it should be is not the way to go. We could add a note to 
the setup documentation that tells people to set the default to 1.6 if 
they haven't adjusted their gamma settings.

just my 2 cents.

Dennis

> - Alexander Malmberg
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