kniffki@nixbln.UUCP (kniffki) (05/30/90)
Hello world,
I'm working on a Sun SparcStation 1 with color monitor. I also have X11
release 4 from the original MIT-tape and a Motif(mwm) package.
A color monitor is such a nice thing. But color can make things worse (if
you choose the wrong colors). I've played with the colormaps and got a few
nice combinations. But there are always a few things which affect the eye.
So my request is:
Who has designed color-combinations for the hardware/software described above?
Has anybody designed a color palette from the ergonomical point of view?
Excuse me, I want to hear about YOUR color palette only if it's well-designed
and not only a rule of thumb.
It would be nice to mail me parts of the Mwm-file in app-defaults. What I'm
using most of the time now follows:
#
# START OF SOME RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS WHICH HANDLE COLORS
#
Mwm*backgroundTile: background
Mwm*activeForeground: Black
Mwm*activeBackground: Cyan
Mwm*activeTopShadowColor: White
Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor: SteelBlue4
Mwm*makeActiveColors: true
Mwm*foreground: Black
Mwm*background: DodgerBlue2
Mwm*topShadowColor: White
Mwm*bottomShadowColor: RoyalBlue4
Mwm*makeColors: false
#
# general appearance resources that apply to specific parts of Mwm
#
Mwm*menu*background: DodgerBlue2
Mwm*menu*topShadowColor: White
Mwm*menu*bottomShadowColor: Black
Mwm*menu*makeColors: false
#
# END OF RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS
#
The color definitions from rgb.txt are:
0 0 0 black
0 255 255 cyan
54 100 139 SteelBlue4
28 134 238 DodgerBlue2
39 64 139 RoyalBlue4
255 255 255 white
Thanks a lot for your effort to save my eyes ...
*************** Meinhard Kniffki, NIXDORF Microprocessor Engineering GmbH
N I X D O R F Gustav-Meyer-Allee 1, D-1000 Berlin 65 (Germany)
*************** Tel.: +49 30 4607 1470, kniffki.bln@nixpbe.uucp
C O M P U T E R {unido!nixpbe, uunet!{nixbur,nixntc}}!kniffki.blnwest@gsrc.dec.com (Jim West) (06/05/90)
Heres mine... # # OSF/Motif Window Manager Resource File # # Create by Jim West # # Created from examples, pieces parts, and good old fashioned trial and error # # Each area contains a pointer to the "Programmer's Guide - mwm" if applicable # # # Focus Policy Resources (Section 4.3) # Mwm.colormapFocusPolicy: keyboard Mwm.keyboardFocusPolicy: explicit Mwm.autoKeyfocus: True Mwm.autoRaiseDelay: 1 Mwm.deiconifyKeyFocus: True Mwm.enforceKeyFocus: True Mwm.focusAutoRaise: True #Mwm.passButtons: False #Mwm.passSelectButton: True Mwm.startupKeyFocus: True # # Managing Clients (Section 4.4) # Mwm.quitTimeout: 1000 Mwm.saveUnder: False # # Mwm Font List (Section 4.6) # Mwm*fontList: -*-Times-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-1 Mwm*default*fontList: -*-Times-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-1 # # Coloring (Section 4.7) # # GLOBAL # Mwm*default*activeBackground: LightSteelBlue Mwm*default*activeBottomShadowColor: Maroon Mwm*default*activeForeground: Black Mwm*default*activeTopShadowColor: Cyan Mwm*default*background: Khaki Mwm*default*bottomShadowColor: Firebrick Mwm*default*Foreground: Black Mwm*default*topShadowColor: Yellow # # SPECIFIC TO Mwm # Mwm*activeBackground: LightSteelBlue Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor: Maroon Mwm*activeForeground: Black Mwm*activeTopShadowColor: Cyan Mwm*background: Khaki Mwm*bottomShadowColor: Firebrick Mwm*Foreground: Black Mwm*topShadowColor: Yellow # # Window Frame Pixmaps (Shading) (Section 4.8) # #Mwm.activeBackgroundPixmap: #Mwm.activeBottomShadowPixmap: #Mwm.activeTopShadowPixmap: #Mwm.backgroundPixmap: #Mwm.bottomShadowPixmap: #Mwm.topShadowPixmap: Mwm.cleanText: True # # Matte Resources (Section 4.9) # Mwm*matteWidth: 0 Mwm*default*matteWidth: 0 #Mwm*matteBackground: Thistle #Mwm*matteBottomShadowColor: NavyBlue #Mwm*matteForeground: White #Mwm*matteTopShadowColor: Skyblue #Mwm*matteWidth: 5 #Mwm*default*matteBackground: Thistle #Mwm*default*matteBottomShadowColor: NavyBlue #Mwm*default*matteForeground: White #Mwm*default*matteTopShadowColor: Skyblue #Mwm*default*matteWidth: 5 Mwm.matteTopShadowPixmap: slant_left Mwm.matteBottomShadowPixmap: slant_left # # Reduced-Element Windows (Section 4.10) # Mwm*clientDecoration: all Mwm*clientFunctions: all Mwm*transientDecoration: title resizeh menu minimize Mwm*transientFunctions: -maximize # # Window Size Resources (Section 4.11.0.1) # Mwm*frameBorderWidth: 5 Mwm*limitResize: True #Mwm*maximumClientSize: #Mwm*maximumMaximumSize: Mwm*resizeBorderWidth: 5 Mwm*resizeCursors: False # # Window Position Resources (Section 4.11.0.2) # Mwm*clientAutoPlace: False Mwm*interactivePlacement: False Mwm*moveThreshold: 4 Mwm*positionIsFrame: True Mwm*positionOnScreen: True Mwm*showFeedback: all # # Resource Directories (Section 5.1) # Mwm.configFile: SYS$LIBRARY:MWM.RC Mwm*bitmapDirectory: # # Window Menus (Section 5.4) # Mwm*systemMenu: RootMenu Mwm*windowMenu: DefaultWindowMenu Mwm.wMenuButtonClick: False Mwm.wMenuButtonClick2: False # # Bindings Resources (Section 5.5.3 & 5.6.3) # Mwm*buttonBindings: DefaultButtonBindings Mwm*keyBindings: DefaultKeyBindings # # Button Click Timing (Section 5.5.4) # Mwm.doubleClickTime: 500 # # Icon Images (Section 6.1.1) # Mwm*useClientIcon: False Mwm*DECW$SESSION*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:SM.XBM Mwm*Decw$Session*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:SM.XBM Mwm*SessionManager*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:SM.XBM Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:DECTERM.XBM Mwm*DECW$CALENDAR*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:DXCALENDAR.XBM Mwm*decwrite*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:DECWRITE.XBM Mwm*NOTES$DEFAULTS*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:NOTES.XBM Mwm*VShell*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:VUE.XBM Mwm*DECW$MAIL*iconImage: SYS$LIBRARY:MAIL.XBM # # Manipulating Icons (Section 6.2) # Mwm.iconClick: False Mwm.lowerOnIconify: True # # Icon Placement (Section 6.2.1) # Mwm.iconAutoPlace: True Mwm.iconPlacement: top right pack Mwm.iconPlacementMargin: 0 # # Icon Decoration (Section 6.3.1) # Mwm.iconDecoration: activelabel label image # # Sizing Icons (Section 6.3.2) # Mwm.iconImageMaximum: 65x65 Mwm.iconImageMinimum: 17x17 # # Coloring Icons (Section 6.4) # Mwm*iconImageBackground: Black Mwm*iconImageBottomShadowColor: Cyan Mwm*iconImageForeground: Red Mwm*iconImageTopShadowColor: White #Mwm.iconImageTopShadowPixmap: #Mwm.iconImageBottomShadowPixmap: Mwm*icon*background: #ffffb332cccc Mwm*icon*foreground: NavyBlue Mwm*icon*topShadowColor: thistle Mwm*icon*bottomShadowColor: maroon # # Icon Box (Section 6.5) # Mwm*useIconBox: False Mwm*iconBoxName: iconbox Mwm*iconBoxTitle: Big Bad Icon Box # # Icon Box Appearance (Section 6.5.1) # Mwm*iconBoxGeometry: 6x1+0-0 # # Controlling Icons in the Icon Box (Section 6.5.2) # Mwm*fadeNormalIcon: True # # Misc client specific resources # # DECW$TERMINAL # Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*iconImageForeground: gold Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*iconImageBackground: Black Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*matteBackground: DarkOliveGreen Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*matteBottomShadowPixmap: 25_foreground Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*matteTopShadowPixmap: 25_foreground Mwm*DECW$TERMINAL*matteWidth: 5 # # decwrite # Mwm*decwrite*iconImageBackground: yellow Mwm*decwrite*iconImageForeground: black # # Calendar # Mwm*Calendar*iconImageBackground: DECWBlue Mwm*Calendar*iconImageForeground: White # # DECW$MAIL # Mwm*DECW$MAIL*iconImageBackground: #603000000000 Mwm*DECW$MAIL*iconImageForeground: yellow # # DECW$SESSION # Mwm*SessionManager*iconImageBackground: Black Mwm*SessionManager*iconImageForeground: DECWBlue # # iconbox # Mwm*iconbox*activeBackground: LightSteelBlue Mwm*iconbox*activeForeground: White Mwm*iconbox*activeTopShadowColor: Cyan Mwm*iconbox*activeBottomShadowColor: Maroon Mwm*iconbox*activeBackgroundPixmap: 25_foreground Mwm*iconbox*activeForegroundPixmap: 75_foreground Mwm*iconbox*background: ForestGreen Mwm*iconbox*foreground: Black # # menus # Mwm*menu*marginWidth: 0 Mwm*menu*marginHeight: 2 Mwm*menu*spacing: 0 -------------------------------------------------- Jim West west@gsrc.dec.com --------------------------------------------------