[texworks] TW-Highlighting-colors aren't equal to GUI-colors

[Paul A Norman]

Seems the issue tracker was only not working for people with google or
gmail in their email address - Google acknowledge it is a known issue
for which they have only done a work around for at the moment.

So to some people it would have seemed as if there was no problem.

Paul

On 2 February 2011 06:14, Johannes Heck <heck.johannes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Since the issue tracker works again, i've posted the former discussed things
> about colors under http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=467.
> Johannes
>
> 2011/1/31 Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
>>
>> I just got this which may flag a small (unimportant) change in the way in
>> which Issues are handled?
>> All appears to be well now as
>> per... http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=466
>>
>> Paul --
>> Comment #3 on issue 4914 by jrobbins at google.com: Can't submit new issue in
>> project texworks
>> http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=4914
>>
>> This is an instance of issue 3242.  Basically, we are not handling
>> @googlemail.com addresses properly.
>>
>> For now, I changed your issue tracker configuration to
>> remove jfkthame at googlemail.com from the issue template owner field, and
>> instead I added a filter rule that makes that account be the owner of any
>> Type-Defect issue that does not have an owner.
>> On 30 January 2011 23:11, Johannes Heck <heck.johannes at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 2011/1/30 Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> For some reason I have just struck this now as well.
>>>>
>>>> May be the permissions list got mucked up?
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've reported this to google code support issue tracker
>>> (http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=4914), maybe they will
>>> help.
>>> Jo
>>>
>>>> On 27 January 2011 22:48, Johannes Heck <heck.johannes at googlemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 2011/1/27 Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi Johannes,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I did see a notification of scheduled maintenance on Goggle code over
>>>> >> the last recent while - may be it is related?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Paul
>>>> >>
>>>> > Hi Paul,
>>>> >
>>>> > I saw that notification, too, but last night it was gone and it still
>>>> > didn't
>>>> > work. I've just tried again, but it still doesn't work. I can't chose
>>>> > the
>>>> > kind of issue, too.
>>>> >
>>>> > Johannes
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 27 January 2011 06:59, Johannes Heck
>>>> >> <heck.johannes at googlemail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I still can't submit issues to tw issue tracker project - I've just
>>>> >> > submitted this issue to google code support
>>>> >> > (http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=4914), on this
>>>> >> > project, I
>>>> >> > can submit. Am I the only one who can't submit issues to the tw
>>>> >> > issue queue?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > 2011/1/25 Johannes Heck <heck.johannes at googlemail.com>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> 2011/1/25 Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com>
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> Hi,
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> as mentioned before, syntax highlighting can be customized by
>>>> >> >>> editing
>>>> >> >>> the respective configuration files in the resource directory.
>>>> >> >>> What can (unfortunately) not be customized at the moment are the
>>>> >> >>> color
>>>> >> >>> used for highlighting the current line, the color used for
>>>> >> >>> bracket matching,
>>>> >> >>> and the color used to mark the extent of an autocompletion
>>>> >> >>> expansion.
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> On 2011-01-25 18:14, Johannes Heck wrote:
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> I wonder if
>>>> >> >>>>
>>>> >> >>>> QPalette::Highlight 12 A color to indicate a selected item or
>>>> >> >>>> the
>>>> >> >>>> current item. By default, the highlight color is Qt::darkBlue.
>>>> >> >>>> QPalette::HighlightedText 13 A text color that contrasts with
>>>> >> >>>> Highlight. By default, the highlighted text color is Qt::white.
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> are used for the highlighting e.g. the active line in TW or text
>>>> >> >>> that
>>>> >> >>> was just put in by using the auto-completion (see highlight2.JPG
>>>> >> >>> above).
>>>> >> >>> Wouldn't the use of it produce a better contrast, depending on
>>>> >> >>> the current
>>>> >> >>> OS color theme (w/o Win Xp-Vista and OS X)?
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> The issue is a different one. If you normally select text (e.g.
>>>> >> >>> with
>>>> >> >>> the mouse), the current color theme should be respected. In
>>>> >> >>> autocompletion,
>>>> >> >>> this is no normal selection (e.g., if you hit "Del", you won't
>>>> >> >>> remove it),
>>>> >> >>> to which the QPalette::Highlight* items above refer. Instead,
>>>> >> >>> everything
>>>> >> >>> that was added as a result of the autocompletion is highlighted
>>>> >> >>> for
>>>> >> >>> convenience, so the user can see what has changed. If this were
>>>> >> >>> colored the
>>>> >> >>> same way as a normal selection, the two would be
>>>> >> >>> indistinguishable, which is
>>>> >> >>> not the intended behavior.
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> I obviously do see the problem, however. Could you add this to
>>>> >> >>> the
>>>> >> >>> issue tracker on Google Code so we don't forget about this?
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> HTH
>>>> >> >>> Stefan
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> I just wanted to add it, but it doesn't work, very strange. After
>>>> >> >> clicking "submit", the page loads for a second, but then my text
>>>> >> >> is still
>>>> >> >> there and nothing happens, no notification at all. I'll try it
>>>> >> >> again
>>>> >> >> tomorrow, seems to be a google code problem.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Johannes
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
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