From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Jolitz Subject: Re: converting people to Emacs and org-mode Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:38:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87a9op92g7.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87ip3wjdlw.fsf@gmail.com> <7401FF63-B5F4-46AF-BD35-9717130FADBB@gmail.com> <87sj30hu83.fsf@gmail.com> <87ip3e4p60.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <878v4aqylm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <86k3nu73zm.fsf@somewhere.org> <87k3ntygbr.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUWs6-0001xX-Pa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:38:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUWs2-00066C-LP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:38:34 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:36773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUWs2-000668-F5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:38:30 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUWs0-0004QT-GC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:38:28 +0200 Received: from e178062188.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.62.188]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:38:28 +0200 Received: from tjolitz by e178062188.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:38:28 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: > Sebastien Vauban writes: >> What I once heard from ergonomical studies is that "black on white" >> was better than "white on black". Though, is it based on real grounds? > > All these studies dependend on which CRT was used (most of which > produced blurry pictures for dark-on-light content) and are mostly moot > with current LCD monitors. The remaining differences are due to > environmental conditions, but if you follow the lighting recommendations > for office work and adjust the screen brightness (most LCD screens > default much too bright as that looks better in stores) you'll be almost > certainly much better off with a light background and black script, for > the simple reason that your eyes' pupils will be smaller and the depth > of focus larger that way. Scientists prove all kind of things, and they are utterly wrong so often. Why not ask your eyes? Try 'emacs -fg wheat -bg black' or a nice dark color theme (e.g. http://suvayu.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/color-theme-dark-emacs/) for a while and then check out if going back to 'black on white' doesn't hurt your eyes. My eyes clearly tell me that a dark background is better (for me). -- cheers, Thorsten