Re: meld and the hapless colorblind

[Stephen Kennedy <stevek gnome org>]

Hi Brian, did you find a scheme which works? There's no ui hooked up
but you can tweak the colors used by setting the gconf keys
/apps/meld/color_{delete,replace,inline,conflict,edited}_{fg,bg}
See meldapp.py:424 for the available keys.

Stephen.


> I want to thank you for a great app.  Meld is a lifesaver!  I'm also a
> huge fan of python, so using that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. ;)
>
> I wanted to write you to mention your color scheme is a bit unfriendly
> to those of us with red/green colorblindness.  I can't tell which is
> which in meld due to the closeness in frequency both emit.  Would you be
> so kind as to add a color settings preference in the preferences for
> those of us unlucky enough to have this problem?
>