| Functional visibility of workbench in Linux (GNOME) [message #272095] |
Thu, 09 July 2009 16:03  |
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I'm running Europa on SuSE 10.3, which mostly works fine.
In the panel margin to the right of the Editor panel, I see little red and
yellow rectangles when there are errors or warnings in my Java code. What
I can with these is very useful.
I notice also that nearly invisible rectangles are made on other occasions
too like when I double-click an identifier in my code. If I could see
those rectangles clearly, I could make use of them.
I guess it's related to using Linux, or using GNOME or some Linux desktop
or color phenomenon that renders some of these controls almost invisible
that must work fine on Windows.
I have also long noticed that certain backgrounds in web pages wash out
when viewed in Firefox on Linux that look crisp under Firefox on Windows.
Details: openSuSE 10.3, GNOME, Eclipse Europa, Dell 24" wide aspect LCD
monitors. I also have the same problem on openSuSE 10.2, GNOME, Eclipse
Europa, with Dell 19" 4x3 aspect LCD monitor. I've tried playing with
brightness and contrast--to no avail.
If someone knows what I'm talking about and can tell me what to do about
this, I'd greatly appreciate it. If I could darken the Eclipse Workbench
boundary spaces, that might help these little aids stand out better too.
Thanks in advance.
Russ Bateman
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| Re: Functional visibility of workbench in Linux (GNOME) [message #272105 is a reply to message #272097] |
Fri, 10 July 2009 13:02  |
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Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Russell Bateman wrote:
>> I'm running Europa on SuSE 10.3, which mostly works fine.
>>
>> In the panel margin to the right of the Editor panel, I see little red
>> and yellow rectangles when there are errors or warnings in my Java code.
>> What I can with these is very useful.
>>
>> I notice also that nearly invisible rectangles are made on other
>> occasions too like when I double-click an identifier in my code. If I
>> could see those rectangles clearly, I could make use of them.
> Those are called "editor annotations" and their colors can be configured
> in the Preferences; just type "annotations" in the search field at the
> top of the Preferences dialog.
> The right-margin is referred to as the "Overview ruler."
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
Wow, does it ever! And I like knowing the names of things too. Thanks a
million,
Russ
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