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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
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Subject: Re: New "Style Guide" menus question.
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Date: 23 Jun 91 15:19:07 GMT
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In article <22626@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
>The dark menus only appeared in 2.0;  in 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 we
>had menus with a white background.  And we liked them.

Here's what I was trying to say: In 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 you had pen 0
text on a pen 1 background, right?  In 2.0 it's the same -- menus are in
"reverse video" of normal text in a window (pen 1 text on a pen 0
background,) and that hasn't changed from what I can see.

>For 2.0 we swapped the dark and light pens used by the system;
>one side effect was that suddenly we had white text on dark
>menus.

Sure.

>Perhaps in a future revision of Intuition, if the menu system
>is revamped, we can go back to dark text on a light background
>for menus, as =RJ= intended.

You'd know better than I would what =RJ= intended.  I always assumed
menus were "reverse video" so they would stand out against the
background better.  If this is changed to match what the Style Guide
says, then menus will tend to disappear agains "normal" backgrounds....

>		andy

So I gather that the Style Guide is right, and you hope to modify the
Intuition menu system at some point in the future, right?  If so, what
are developers supposed to do in the meantime in order to follow the
recommendations of the Style Guide?  Nothing?

-hans
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