Re: [Evolution-hackers] source colors

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 10:18 -0400, William Jon McCann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are the colors for sources intended to be used for foreground or 
> background?  It seems that in evolution they are used for both.  The 
> source list uses it as a foreground color and the actual events/tasks 
> use it as a background color.
> 
where is the source list using the colors as foreground?

> I think it is a bit problematic to use them for both.  For most people, 
> light colors tend to work well for the background (when not using an 
> inverse video theme) but not so well for the foreground.
> 
> I suppose much of this depends on what the theme foreground and 
> background are already set to.  Should we do something like compute the 
> average value of the theme [back/fore]ground and if it is less/darker 
> than 50% gray then use the inverse of the source color for the 
> [fore/back]ground?  For example, if the theme color and source color are 
> both #000000 then use #ffffff for the source.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out what to use for the clock applet.
> 
the task list and event list use the colors for background, so using the
same in the clock applet might be the best.

cheers