bug#15974: 24.3.50; emacs -Q -nw: awful color for input fields: BRIGHT YELLOW

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Be sure to start with emacs -Q -nw.  Use `C-u C-x =' on the yellow
> fields and you will see they use face `widget-field'.  That is the
> face that needs fixing, IMO.

Now that's a good bug report.  >"?

;; TTY gets special definitions here and in the next defface, because
;; the gray colors defined for other displays cause black text on a black
;; background, at least on light-background TTYs.
(defface widget-field '((((type tty))
                         :background "yellow3"
                         :foreground "black")
                        (((class grayscale color)
                          (background light))
                         :background "gray85")
                        (((class grayscale color)
                          (background dark))
                         :background "dim gray")
                        (t
                         :slant italic))

So that's the explanation for the black on yellow.  Surely there are
other colours that could work on a tty.

Drew, could you try experimenting to find a pleasing colour combination?

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