White-on-black terminal should be default

[Tom H]

>> Everybody knows that a terminal has white text on black background.
>> Windows has a terminal like this. Mac OS X have a terminal like this.

OS X's terminal is a very civilized black text on white background...


> Ugh. I really thought that only primitive systems use white text on a black
> background.  It's ergonomically very bad.  I never use such a terminal
> except in Windows, where I haven't figured out (nor spent enough time to
> need to) how to change it.

I agree. I would rather not have my terminals look like a tty!

(In Windows, right-click the top windows frame and select properties...)


>> Even Linux have CLI terminal like this.
>> KDE also.
>> But in GNOME and xterm are black text on white background.
>> Why?
>> That is not how a terminal should look!
>> Change the default colors to be white text on black background!

> That is a very bad idea, imo.

+1

But if the devs change it, it will not take much to change it back on
my installs to black on white.