James McCoy wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 07:09:00PM +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> >
> > Patch 7.3.475
> > Problem: In a terminal with few colors the omnicomplete menu may be hard
> > to
> > see when using the default colors.
> > Solution: Use more explicit colors. (suggested by Alex Henrie)
> > Files: src/syntax.c
> >
> >
> > *** ../vim-7.3.474/src/syntax.c 2012-01-10 22:26:12.000000000 +0100
> > --- src/syntax.c 2012-03-16 20:14:22.000000000 +0100
> > ***************
> > *** 6645,6654 ****
> > "SpellLocal term=underline ctermbg=Cyan guisp=Cyan gui=undercurl"),
> > #endif
> > #ifdef FEAT_INS_EXPAND
> > ! CENT("Pmenu ctermbg=Magenta",
> > ! "Pmenu ctermbg=Magenta guibg=Magenta"),
> > ! CENT("PmenuSel ctermbg=DarkGrey",
> > ! "PmenuSel ctermbg=DarkGrey guibg=DarkGrey"),
> > #endif
> > CENT("Title term=bold ctermfg=LightMagenta",
> > "Title term=bold ctermfg=LightMagenta gui=bold guifg=Magenta"),
> > --- 6645,6656 ----
> > "SpellLocal term=underline ctermbg=Cyan guisp=Cyan gui=undercurl"),
> > #endif
> > #ifdef FEAT_INS_EXPAND
> > ! CENT("PmenuThumb ctermbg=White",
> > ! "PmenuThumb ctermbg=White guibg=White"),
> > ! CENT("Pmenu ctermbg=Magenta ctermfg=Black",
> > ! "Pmenu ctermbg=Magenta ctermfg=Black guibg=Magenta"),
> > ! CENT("PmenuSel ctermbg=DarkGrey ctermfg=Black",
> > ! "PmenuSel ctermbg=DarkGrey ctermfg=Black guibg=DarkGrey"),
> > #endif
> > CENT("Title term=bold ctermfg=LightMagenta",
> > "Title term=bold ctermfg=LightMagenta gui=bold guifg=Magenta"),
>
> When the terminal supports fewer than 16 colors, this choice of colors
> for &background=dark results in PmenuSel having ctermbg=0 and ctermfg=0.
> This means the user can't read the selection. As noted in the help, NR-8 for
> DarkGrey is "0*" and * doesn't change anything for ctermbg.
>
> The attached patch switches ctermbg and ctermfg for PmenuSel.
Might not be so nice when the terminal supports more colors. But black
on black is worse. I'll include it soon.
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