On 3/18/15, Andy Goth <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/timeline?n=20&y=ci&b=2015-03-18
>
> dotfiles-setting and svn-import have very similar colors, as do
> git-import and timelineAntialiasing.
>
> dotfiles-setting    : #AFC3C8
> svn-import          : #A2BABF
>
> git-import          : #92C1BB
> timelineAntialiasing: #8FC1BC
>
> I know it's just bad luck that we have several color coincidences at the
> same time, but even so I wonder what can be done to improve hash_color().
>
> I see some work has been done in this area.  Has it gotten any
> attention?  I ran "f merge -cherrypick viric_newcolours" in my Fossil
> checkout then recompiled, and now the colors indeed are easier to
> distinguish.

LluĂ­s's (a.k.a. viriketo's) colors are too harsh for my eye.  But you
are welcomed to experiment with new color chooser algorithms.  Use
Lluis's patch as a guide to what needs to be changed.
https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/info/39e165afb3646b9a

>
> The /brlist page used to have a color test mode.  Is it still there?
> Hmm.  Yes it is, just append "?colortest" to the URL.

Another testing resource is:  https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/hash-color-test

-- 
D. Richard Hipp
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