LookEnhancements enhancement

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Jul 21 12:08:16 UTC 2005


On 21 juil. 05, at 6:16, John Pierce wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I don't think I will be making the call on whether my (and Ben's)  
> LookEnhancements will go into 3.9. There was some interest in that  
> topic a month ago or so, but it seems to have died down.

I cannot decide alone :)

> I pretty much don't care if it isn't included since I will just  
> keep maintaining the enhancements and applying to future editions  
> of squeak as an add-on.

Cool

> I would certainly welcome the incorporation into Squeak, but then I  
> might lose control over the enhancements if that happens. Anyways,  
> if you are interested, I know the enhancements work in 3.9.
>
> I'll look over your proposed enhancements and consider them for  
> inclusion in the code. Thanks for your nice words and proposed  
> enhancements!

So I will have a look too :)


>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> On 7/20/05, Chris Muller <chris at funkyobjects.org> wrote: Hello, I  
> wanted to you let you I really like your LookEnhancements.  Quite
> gorgeous.  Is this going into 3.9?
>
> I wanted to share an additional enhancement I made today.  After  
> loading
> LookEnhancements 6-31 from SqueakMap, I added a new preference to  
> windows
> category called "inverteBright".  It inverts the brightness, using  
> white text
> on dark or black backgrounds.
>
> Here is a screenshot.
>
>   http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5729
>
> Also note the other minor enhancement.  The list-selections match the
> textHighlightColor, even in the Explorer view..
>
> When day returns, the normal bright view is mostly unaffected.   
> Should you wish
> to download and try it out:
>
> http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm/account/package/ 
> 5c9346cf-9f4e-4b38-af2b-7f218280e576
>
> Would you be interested in absorbing this into LookEnhancements?
>
> Cheers,
>   Chris
>
>
>
> -- 
> It's easy to have a complicated idea. It's very very hard to have a  
> simple idea. -- Carver Mead
>
>




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