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		buster on Dec 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 63% Prefer a Dark Themed Text Editor For a long time now the first thing i do in a new text editor is to look for a nice dark theme.. i don't know.. it's somewhat more relaxing :) Oblivion was probably one of the first i used in all those gtk based editors. edit: Also, default colorschemes on terminals are dark, why is that?

jkmcf on Dec 20, 2011 | [–]

Probably historical, as CRTs are black by default and you could burn in a solid white background.

easy_rider on Dec 20, 2011 | [–]

This is what I do. My terminal is green on black, best contrast evahr

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