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From: Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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Hrvoje Niksic writes:

 > Speaking of changes, why don't we change the default background color
 > from eye-searing white to something more palatable, at least
 > whitesmoke (if not gray*, which many people like).

It would be nice if it defaulted to black background on a tty. I find
light backgrounds on a 400-scanline screen really irritating.

 > Yes, I know that ps-print doesn't work well with color that way, but
 > please consider the following:
 > 
 > 1) we should model XEmacs' behaviour to the majority of users, not a
 >    minority.  Those who use color printers are certainly a minority.
 >    So, I think that `ps-print-color-p' should default to nil.
 > 
 > 2) even that minority can easily change settings by setting
 >    `ps-print-color-p' to t and `set-face-background' to whatever color
 >    they like.

Would it be viable to add a device type for `printer', so that you
could use it as a specifier locale?

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

