Re: Dark grey text on black background in newer meld versions

[Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>]

On 31 December 2014 at 19:36, Lee <iamadonut berlin com> wrote:
> In meld versions >= 3.12.1, common text appears as dark grey text on a
> black background.
>
> http://i.imgur.com/Oqlhetb.png
>
> This used to be more readable in previous versions. e.g. in 3.12.0,
>
> http://i.imgur.com/1fIEs9r.png
>
> In a new user account, or running meld as root with kdesudo, the text
> looks good (although the theme is different).
>
> http://i.stack.imgur.com/VZjbi.png
>
> I've tried deleting files in my home directory that have either gtk or
> meld in their names, but could not fix it. I also used strace to see
> which files were sourced, but deleting these did not help either.
>
> Can I fix text to make common lines more readable again? FWIW I asked on
> stackexchange; there is more troubleshooting information there [1].
>
> Cheers,
> Lee
>
> Arch Linux
> KDE 4.14.3 (also seen in 4.14.2)
> meld 3.12.2 (also seen in 3.12.1
> gtk3 3.14.6 (also seen in 3.14.5)

This should be fixed in the just-released 3.12.3. If not, then please
let me know, since you'll be seeing a new issue. We've had... a few in
the GTK+ 3 port.

cheers,
Kai