[Freeswitch-docs] Black background in code snippets

[Stanislav Sinyagin]

Is there a possibility to select the default theme from some predefined
ones, without touching CSS?
 On Jun 15, 2015 4:33 PM, "Bote Man" <bote_radio at botecomm.com> wrote:

> Yes, of course. But it is not enough for me to view a variety of pages to
> check them for sanity. Other browsers and other operating systems might
> present the page differently than what I see here. People will freak out if
> I make a change that looks OK for me, but others might not see the same
> thing that I do. That's the tricky part of CSS and why we should keep the
> changes small and simple. The Confluence help text has many warnings so I
> want to proceed with caution.
>
> I would like to coordinate with you, Mario, and any others who have many
> different browsers and operating systems available to get everybody on irc
> at one time. After I am ready to test a change I will announce it on the
> irc channel and ask everybody to view a number of pages to see if they look
> sane. If not, I can roll it back immediately.
>
> This will not be today, I will let you know.
>
> Bote
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: freeswitch-docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-
> > docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Stanislav Sinyagin
> > Sent: Monday, 15 June, 2015 10:24
> > To: FreeSWITCH Docs Team
> > Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-docs] Black background in code snippets
> >
> > or just make a backup and roll back if needed :)
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Bote Man <bote_radio at botecomm.com>
> > wrote:
> > > This is the introductory help text that worries me:
> > >
> > > "You can customize the look and feel of Confluence by editing the
> global
> > stylesheet. This will also _overwrite all styles defined in custom global
> > themes_.
> > > Please note that the custom global stylesheet will not be applied to
> spaces
> > that define their own custom stylesheet or are using a theme."
> > >
> > > Knowing how obtuse Confluence can be I want to research this to get it
> > right so I don't wipe out the style sheet for the entire site, although
> I see a
> > change I made a few months ago to make text wrap inside the code snippet
> > macros and it didn't seem to affect everything else in Confluence. I
> just don't
> > trust it any farther than I can throw it.
> > >
> > > Since today is already spoken for I won't be able to mess with this
> right
> > away. The Confluence user help forums can often provide a wealth of
> > information so that's where I will start.
> > >
> > > Bote
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: freeswitch-docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-
> > >> docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Stanislav Sinyagin
> > >> Sent: Monday, 15 June, 2015 10:01
> > >> To: FreeSWITCH Docs Team
> > >> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-docs] Black background in code snippets
> > >>
> > >> Monospace is completely fine -- probably it makes sense to make the
> > >> default font one size point smaller.
> > >>
> > >> I just want a readable document, as it's not a terminal screen and not
> > >> a Emacs window (I actually use Emacs, but with white background and
> > >> syntax hiliting turned off :-)
> > >>
> > >> Also it would be cool to have it printer-friendly, although it's
> > >> ridiculous to print those pages out :)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Bote Man
> > <bote_radio at botecomm.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > I don’t know what fonts we have available.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Plus, each operating system and browser family has its own different
> > set of
> > >> > fonts only some of which intersect.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Confluence limits what we can do, so don’t get your hopes too high.
> It’s
> > a
> > >> > blunt instrument.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Bote
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > From: freeswitch-docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
> > >> > [mailto:freeswitch-docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of
> > Mario
> > >> > Sent: Sunday, 14 June, 2015 14:44
> > >> > To: FreeSWITCH Docs Team
> > >> > Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-docs] Black background in code snippets
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Another possibility to provide better reading is to use a thicker
> font
> > >> > without serifs for the white letters. Keep in mind that on terminal
> > sessions
> > >> > the letters are typically monospaced. Below are what it looks like
> now
> > and a
> > >> > a couple of samples to demonstrate, I kept the point since the same
> > (14)
> > >> but
> > >> > notice how they still take the same space. I wrote many computer
> > books
> > >> for
> > >> > classes and had a lot of experience testing fonts and found
> non-serif
> > best
> > >> > for commands/etc.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Current what I see now in Confluence - Courier New (note serifs):
> > >> >
> > >> > sudo chown -R yourname:yourgroup local    # Modify the owner of the
> > >> > /usr/local directory to yours
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Andale Mono (no serifs):
> > >> >
> > >> > sudo chown -R yourname:yourgroup local    # Modify the owner of the
> > >> > /usr/local directory to yours
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Monaco (I use this a lot in books for this purpose):
> > >> >
> > >> > sudo chown -R yourname:yourgroup local    # Modify the owner of the
> > >> > /usr/local directory to yours
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Mario G
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Jun 14, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Stanislav Sinyagin <
> ssinyagin at gmail.com>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > the problem is, that the black code snippets pop out and my eyes
> have
> > >> > difficulty to actually detect the text on the page -- especially if
> > >> > there are lots of code snippets. The brain gets too much distraction
> > >> > and it's difficult to find the desired part on the screen.
> > >> >
> > >> > The old wiki had a light-grey background for source code, and that
> was
> > >> > quite perfect.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Bote Man
> > <bote_radio at botecomm.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Really, it is the contrast between white characters and black
> > background. I
> > >> > simply chose that emacs theme to emulate a "glass tty", and Anthony
> is
> > a
> > >> > huge emacs fan.
> > >> >
> > >> > All the other choices are either black or white background, so not
> much
> > >> > choice. It's nice to make it stand out from narrative text, however.
> > >> >
> > >> > We could change the style sheet if I can ever figure out how. I
> haven't
> > >> > pursued it because there is a warning in the help about superseding
> > >> > everything else. I don't know if they mean it supersedes the
> affected
> > >> > element across the whole Confluence site or if it wipes out the
> entire
> > style
> > >> > sheet except for the changes. Knowing how stupid Confluence can be
> in
> > >> other
> > >> > areas I wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter.
> > >> >
> > >> > I'll see about a soft charcoal color, or maybe a baby blue. :-)
> > >> >
> > >> > Bote
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: freeswitch-docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
> > [mailto:freeswitch-
> > >> > docs-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Stanislav Sinyagin
> > >> > Sent: Sunday, 14 June, 2015 10:35
> > >> > To: FreeSWITCH Docs Team
> > >> > Subject: [Freeswitch-docs] Black background in code snippets
> > >> >
> > >> > Maybe we change the default black background to something less
> > >> > annoying? it really distracts from reading.
> > >> >
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