thinAir Color Scheme Sharing

[kryton9]

I thought I would start this thread so that we could share our color schemes and basic settings for thinAir.

Probably a good idea to take a screenshot of a window (ALT+Print SCR).
Then open up MSPaint and CTRL+V to paste it in.
You will need to crop the image to fit the window, but usually alt+printscr takes just the active window.
Once you paste, select the selection tool and just select around the window area you want to actually share.
Copy, then create a new MSPaint and past it into there.
File Save As nameofsheme.png file.

You will also want to attach your thinAirdat.ini
Located in your thinAir sub directory.

Probably a good idea to save a copy of your scheme that you like as
thinAirdat.ini.BackUp

I will upload this scheme with any changes I make over time to this post, so this post will contain just this scheme updated.

Probably a good idea for other sheme sharers to do the same in their posts here in this topic.

[catventure]

Hi kryton9,

This screen capture ute might help. It's the last freeware version before it went shareware:
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files2/FSCapture53.zip

Also check out some free image programs
http://faststone.org/

Best wishes,
catventure

[kryton9]

Thanks Cat for the links.

[Petr Schreiber]

Good idea Kent,

but I won't post here anything as I use default setup :D
I must admit your scheme possibly saves eyes better, thanks to black background.


Petr

[Michael Hartlef]

Same here, default setup.

[Michael Clease]

my colour scheme is pretty much the same as Kents so i wont post it.

[Petr Schreiber]

Kent, Abraxas,

what is your motivation to go for black background :)?
Is it eye saving, similarity to DOS editors, or something else?


Petr

[kryton9]

Petr, I change it quite a lot, that is why I decided to save my files so it will be easier.

The first one I posted, I made a mistake in that I used my setup from the Asus and I have thinBasic instsalled on a memory card mounted in a folder on drive c.

From now on I will just install to c:\thinbasic and all should be fine.

I noticed something... courier new when you select Bold, it doesn't seem to keep it in thinAir. I thought maybe it is something with courier new font, but in notepad courier new in bold works... any ideas on how I can get bold to stay?

[Michael Clease]

Petr, I use a black background because of latenight and long programming sessions, you get a lot less pain from your eyes when you have been looking at a screen for long periods (sometimes maybe 6-8 hours)

[Petr Schreiber]

Abraxas,

I will try it too then. In powerbasic I have chosen gray background, as white gave me pain during long sessions.
But in thinAir, I think the gridlines somehow reduce this effect.

Will try now blackness for one month and report any health issues later :D

Kent, I think thinAir takes only font size and face from the font dialog.
I tried black for background, but after resart it was white again. So I use RGB(0,1,0), which is almost black.


Petr

[Michael Clease]

Here are some nice fonts to use.

http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

[kryton9]

Thanks for the font link Mike, those are really nice!

[Michael Hartlef]

Kent, like Petr said, thinAIR doesn't take fontstyle into account. I wish it would be but so far not.

[kryton9]

This is a lighter scheme.