Bug 36853 - unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption
Summary: unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: encryption (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3.7
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Keywords:
: 60380 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2002-01-05 16:18 UTC by Kai Reichert
Modified: 2007-09-14 12:17 UTC (History)
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Description Kai Reichert 2002-01-05 16:11:40 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kmail
Version:           1.3.7 (using KDE 2.9.0 1 (3.0 beta1))
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc version 3.0.3
OS:                Linux (i586) release 2.4.17
OS/Compiler notes: 

There appears a nice color scheme if I receive an pgp-encoded mail.

but the backgroundcolor is white and unchangeable via the KMail Preferenceces->Custom Colors.

I use a darkblue backgound with withe color. and so I get here a white font over the white background ;-)


make it just changeable

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Comment 1 Ingo Kl 2002-01-05 18:03:15 UTC
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On Saturday 05 January 2002 17:11 kai.reichert@web.de wrote:
> There appears a nice color scheme if I receive an pgp-encoded mail.
>
> but the backgroundcolor is white and unchangeable via the KMail
> Preferenceces->Custom Colors.

It's not directly configurable. But the background color depends on the=20
frame color. It's simply a lighter version of the frame color.
I tested this once with white on black background and after adapting the=20
PGP colors (make them darker) it looked quite good.

> I use a darkblue backgound with withe color. and so I get here a
> white font over the white background ;-)
>
> make it just changeable

I don't think this is really necessary.
You can simply reduce the brightness of the PGP colors to 50%. I just=20
tested it again and it looks ok.

Regards
Ingo
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Comment 2 Kai Reichert 2002-01-06 11:52:44 UTC
Am Saturday 05 January 2002 19:03 schrieben Sie:
> On Saturday 05 January 2002 17:11 kai.reichert@web.de wrote:
> > There appears a nice color scheme if I receive an pgp-encoded mail.

> I don't think this is really necessary.
> You can simply reduce the brightness of the PGP colors to 50%. I just
> tested it again and it looks ok.
>

O.K. Alles klar.
Vielleicht noch einmal kurz nachgefragt : Wie/Wo ändere ich die Helligkeit der 
PGP Farben um einen Prozentsatz ????

Danke Kai
Comment 3 Ingo Kl 2002-01-06 12:39:10 UTC
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On Sunday 06 January 2002 12:52 Kai Reichert wrote:
> Am Saturday 05 January 2002 19:03 schrieben Sie:
> > On Saturday 05 January 2002 17:11 kai.reichert@web.de wrote:
> > > There appears a nice color scheme if I receive an pgp-encoded
> > > mail.
> >
> > I don't think this is really necessary.
> > You can simply reduce the brightness of the PGP colors to 50%. I
> > just tested it again and it looks ok.
>
> O.K. Alles klar.
> Vielleicht noch einmal kurz nachgefragt : Wie/Wo =E4ndere ich die
> Helligkeit der PGP Farben um einen Prozentsatz ????

Go to Settings->Configure KMail...->Appearance->Colors. Now double click=20
on the color you want to change (there are 5 OpenPGP colors). In the=20
color selection dialog there is a slider (oben in der mitte) which can=20
be used to change the brightness of a color. Alternatively you can=20
change the value of V (unten links).

Regards
Ingo
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Comment 4 8107 2003-04-15 02:09:26 UTC
I'm having the same problem as this poster - the colors for the PGP status line are 
indeed configurable, however the background color for the body of PGP messages are 
not.  I also use a white-on-black scheme, and this results in the PGP message body 
being white-on-white (and therefore unreadable). 
 
The PGP message body needs to conform to the settings for regular message bodies. 
Comment 5 Ingo Klöcker 2003-06-26 16:44:18 UTC
*** Bug 60380 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Rainer Endres 2003-06-26 18:19:30 UTC
Ok, it is a duplicate. Didn't find it on bugs.kde.org. 
 
I think changing 6 colors to 50% just to achive a darker background is not really what usability is 
about, no? 
 
I want to keep the frame colors, but I want the same background as a normal message, I can not 
see a reason to make the background depending on the frame. This makes no sense at all to 
me. At least not at this contrast.  
 
Keeping the standard font color but getting a very light background is not working.  
 
Perhaps one should be able to adjust the contrast of the background instead of the color.  
 
But ending up with unreadble mails is not what I expected from KDE ;) 
 
Just my 2ct 
 
			Rainer 
			 
Comment 7 Ingo Klöcker 2003-06-27 03:06:39 UTC
Subject: Re:  unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption

On Thursday 26 June 2003 18:19, Rainer Endres wrote:
> I want to keep the frame colors, but I want the same background as a
> normal message,

You can't be serious. You said you had white text color. Don't tell me 
that you can easily read white text on the light green frame for a good 
signature because I definitely can't.

> I can not see a reason to make the background depending on the frame.

I made it depending on the frame because then the user doesn't have to 
change 12 colors (foreground _and_ background). Anway, I guess I will 
have to change the algorithm which determines the background color.

Comment 8 Rainer Endres 2003-06-27 07:27:04 UTC
Subject: Re:  unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption

Am Freitag, 27. Juni 2003 03:06 schrieben Sie:
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> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36853
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> ------- Additional Comments From kloecker@kde.org  2003-06-27 03:06 -------
> Subject: Re:  unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption
>
> On Thursday 26 June 2003 18:19, Rainer Endres wrote:
> > I want to keep the frame colors, but I want the same background as a
> > normal message,
>
> You can't be serious. You said you had white text color. Don't tell me
> that you can easily read white text on the light green frame for a good
> signature because I definitely can't.

Sorry, but my normal background is black, not the good looking but "making 
things compilcated" calculated light green of the encyption box.

>
> > I can not see a reason to make the background depending on the frame.
>
> I made it depending on the frame because then the user doesn't have to
> change 12 colors (foreground _and_ background). Anway, I guess I will
> have to change the algorithm which determines the background color.

or make it possible to use the standard message background defined in kmail. 

I appreciate the idea of the light-colored coded background. I loved the 
effect unitl I changed to a dark background. I am just saying it is not 
working with a "light font on dark background" theme.

MfG
	Rainer

Comment 9 Ingo Klöcker 2003-07-08 00:00:59 UTC
Subject: Re:  unchangable backgroundcolor with encryption

In case of a dark background color KMail 1.5.3 and above will use the 
same shade of darkness as the background color for the background of 
signed/encrypted messages. That means that if you have black as 
background color then the background of signed/encrypted messages will 
also be black and if you have a dark shade of blue as background color 
then the background of signed/encrypted messages will be a dark shade 
of the corresponding OpenPGP color.

I hope everyone is satisfied with this solution.