[Laszlo-dev] Fwd: reference nave pane has dark background

[P T Withington]

This is called 'papering over' the bug -- equivalent to when you  
notice a crack in the foundation of your house has echoed up into the  
second-story bedroom wall and you 'fix it' by installing new wallpaper.

On 2008-12-04, at 18:04EST, Lou Iorio wrote:

> I can make the change (if Don doesn't mind), but I see no reason why  
> it should
> be temporary. However, you have so much more knowledge than I, why  
> don't
> _you_ file the bug to Josh? :-)
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 6:57 PM, P T Withington wrote:
>
>> So you could make the temp fix, mark it to be reverted when the bug  
>> you file to Josh is fixed. :)
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 17:29, Lou Iorio <lou at louiorio.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree that we need to know the root cause in case this breaks  
>>> someone
>>> else's code, but this seems like a good solution for the reference.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 6:08 PM, P T Withington wrote:
>>>
>>>> We need to know the root cause...  Perhaps assign to Josh, who  
>>>> has played with colors a lot lately?
>>>>
>>>> On 2008-12-04, at 17:02EST, Donald Anderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> FWIW, changing the three tabpanes in docs/src/nav/nav.lzx to  
>>>>> have an explicit bgcolor fixes this:
>>>>>
>>>>> <     <tabpane width="${parent.width}">
>>>>> ---
>>>>> >     <tabpane width="${parent.width}" bgcolor="0xffffff">
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I do that, or does someone want to chase the root cause?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Lou Iorio wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know anything more about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Donald Anderson <dda at ddanderson.com>
>>>>>>> Date: December 4, 2008 11:58:07 AM GMT-04:00
>>>>>>> To: Lou Iorio <lou at louiorio.com>
>>>>>>> Cc: Amy Muntz <amuntz at laszlosystems.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: reference nave pane has dark background
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Lou,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No it wasn't intentional and I don't know what caused it.  I  
>>>>>>> don't remember
>>>>>>> doing any doc work for about the last month....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Don
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Lou Iorio wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Don,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know if this is a recent change (I think it is), but  
>>>>>>>> the nav pane background
>>>>>>>> is considerably darker than in previous versions. It now  
>>>>>>>> displays black text on
>>>>>>>> a dark gray background. To me, at least, this is harder to  
>>>>>>>> read. Was this change
>>>>>>>> intentional?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This screen shot shows the current reference (left) and the  
>>>>>>>> 4.1.1 reference (left).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <navpane.tiff>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don Anderson
>>>>>>> Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> voice: 617-547-7881
>>>>>>> email: dda at ddanderson.com
>>>>>>> www: http://www.ddanderson.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Don Anderson
>>>>> Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>>>>>
>>>>> voice: 617-547-7881
>>>>> email: dda at ddanderson.com
>>>>> www: http://www.ddanderson.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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