gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim) (06/24/91)
I thought that I'd just post my menubar preferences so that those of you with color monitors could have a starting place for configuring your environment (and so you might be motivated to get on patch.10). I set colors based on whether or not I'm logged into my RS6K, rascal. (rascal) gk5g> cat preferences ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:ez.foregroundcolor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:ez.backgroundcolor: antiquewhite1 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:console.foregroundcolor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:console.backgroundcolor: cornsilk ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:typescript.foregroundcolor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:typescript.backgroundcolor: cornsilk3 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:messages.foregroundcolor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:messages.backgroundcolor: cornsilk2 console.bodyfont: andysans12 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:ez.bodyfont: andysans14 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:messages.bodyfont: andysans14 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:messages-send.bodyfont: andysans14 messages.PopupMenuList: "", "Other" ez.PopupMenuList: "", "Other" *.PopupMenuList: "" console.Menubar:off *.Menubar:on *.PopUpMenus:on *.MenubarShadowDepth: 3 *.MenubarTitleFont: andysans14 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarItemFont: andysans14b ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarTitlesColor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarTitleColor: black ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarBackgroundColor:#9db5cd ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarItemColor: #fce089 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarCardBackgroundColor:#9db5cd *.MenubarGrayItemColor:grey80 *.MenubarGrayTitleColor:grey60 ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarTopShadowColor: lightgrey ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarBottomShadowColor: grey ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarCardTopShadowColor: lightgrey ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:*.MenubarCardBottomShadowColor:grey Have fun. Gary Keim
ghoti+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Adam Stoller) (06/25/91)
Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 24-Jun-91 my menubar preferences
Gary Keim (1824+0)
> ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu:
I believe this can be more simply replaced with:
?C=rs:
"?C" is the same as:
$ANDREWDIR/bin/sys -c
This way you don't have to list every machine of the same type in a
separate preference:
--fishmcinerny+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Michael J. McInerny") (06/25/91)
Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 24-Jun-91 Re: my menubar preferences Adam Stoller (316+0) > Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 24-Jun-91 my menubar preferences > Gary Keim (1824+0) >> ?M=rascal.andrew.cmu.edu: > I believe this can be more simply replaced with: > ?C=rs: Actually, what one really needs is a way to ask about the display (the one pointed to by $DISPLAY): ?DisplayClass=Color:... or ?DisplaySize=1280x1024:... or ?DisplayResolution=75:... Does this seem like a reasonable proposal? -Michael
nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) (06/25/91)
Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 24-Jun-91 Re: my menubar preferences Michael McInerny@andrew. (514+0) > Actually, what one really needs is a way to ask about the display (the > one pointed to by $DISPLAY): > ?DisplayClass=Color:... > or > ?DisplaySize=1280x1024:... > or > ?DisplayResolution=75:... > Does this seem like a reasonable proposal? \begin{slipperyslope} This reminds me a lot of the discussions that led to the "?M=", etc. syntax in the first place. Eventually, I added in a "?E=" (for things dependent on environment variables) because the predefined things like machine type & name were just not enough. I'm not sure you want to enumerate all the desired possibilities, either. Instead, one possibility is a more general mechanism in which a command is executed and its exit status determines whether or not the preference should be read. For example: ?X=/u/nsb/bin/iscolor: some-preference would execute the /u/nsb/bin/iscolor program and have some-preference take effect only if it returns a non-zero value. You might also want to hardwire some of the more common ones, like the ones Mike mentions, but there will be a never-ending stream of them. However, this is (obviously) not very efficient. But why do we need any changes at all? You can do the "right thing" today, with no code changes, if you really want. Add the code to .xinitrc that checks whatever you want and sets an environment variable, e.g. if (big-hairy-test) then setenv ISCOLOR 1 else setenv ISCOLOR 0 endif and then have preferences of the form ?E=ISCOLOR=1: whatever I believe that this approach will work for you today, without going any further down the slippery slope of hard-wired preference options.... -- Nathaniel
henke@qt.ipa.fhg.de (Juergen Henke) (06/27/91)
Excerpts from atk: 24-Jun-91 my menubar preferences Gary Keim@andrew.cmu.edu (1824+0) > I thought that I'd just post my menubar preferences so that those of you > with color monitors could have a starting place for configuring your > environment (and so you might be motivated to get on patch.10). I set > colors based on whether or not I'm logged into my RS6K, rascal. I've tried this on my DECstation 5000/200PX, unfortunately with a R3 based X Server (shame on you, DEC). The problem is now, that dialog boxes are deep black... On the Sparc (SunOS 4.1.1) it pops up in a bright blue with motifish appearence. What can I do ? J|rgen _________________________________________________________________________ Juergen Henke, e-mail juh@qt.IPA.FhG.de, PSI-mail PSI%4505016002::JUH_IPA Fraunhofer-Institut f. Produktionstechnik u. Automatisierung Nobelstrasse 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80
janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) (06/27/91)
Yes, how can we turn off that lurid blue color in the dialog boxes, and get back to the good old ATK-style dialog boxes? Bill