DrRacket 7.5 colors a bit dark and low contrast on Mac

Daniel Prager

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Dec 6, 2019, 3:35:26 AM12/6/19

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I've just upgraded from 7.2 to 7.5 and am struggling to read the reverse text and error messages in the status bar with the default color scheme.

Even with preferences I can't see how to adjust the scheme in the needed ways.

Any suggestions?

Screenshots below ...

Dan

DrRacket 7.5

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Compare with DrRacket 7.2

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Robby Findler

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Dec 6, 2019, 9:10:29 AM12/6/19

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Something may have gotten confused in your preference file, I would say. What happens if you open the preferences dialog and turn white-on-Black on and back off again?

Robby

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Daniel Prager

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Dec 6, 2019, 2:17:13 PM12/6/19

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Hi Robby

> What happens if you open the preferences dialog and turn white-on-Black on and back off again?

No change.

I still have 7.2 on my system, which works fine.

Here's what it looks like in black-on-white for reference.

Sorawee Porncharoenwase

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Dec 6, 2019, 2:29:17 PM12/6/19

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Confirm that I have this problem as well, even when I reset all preference files.

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Robby Findler

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Dec 6, 2019, 3:30:39 PM12/6/19

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Can you folks send me your preference file (off list)? Feel free to redact it however you want.

Robby

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Robby Findler

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Dec 6, 2019, 4:26:01 PM12/6/19

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Okay, Sorawee and I had a side-bar conversation and I've pushed a fix. Thanks for alerting me to the problem!

(The DrRacket-level preferences don't default to the right color scheme when the OS is in dark mode currently either, but maybe I'll have to fix that one another day.)

Robby

Daniel Prager

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Dec 6, 2019, 5:10:14 PM12/6/19

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Thank-you both!

Cheers

Dan

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