Default font color is not visible if `wish` picks a dark theme

[ilyagr]

I am using MacOS and a dark theme. Running tkcon defaults to a very dark background for me, but the font colors are also dark and are hard to see.

This is particularly bad for the input lines, which end up being black-on-slightly-lighter-black. (Dark blue on black is also not great).

Workaround

Put set ::tkcon::COLOR(bg) #DDDDEE in ~/.tkconrc. You must restart tkcon for this to take effect (this is unlike how most other options work).

Desired behavior

Ideally, tkcon would properly adjust to a dark theme and used a lighter colors for fonts as part of the dark theme automatically.

[mtmcp]

@ilyagr This has been fixed in #6 . There are still improvements that can be made to the colors but this fix is a step in that direction.

[ilyagr]

Thank you!

I have since also filed https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/tktview/e90e8ca1a6b5c40398d7, and this is also marked as fixed. I haven't checked whether the fix applies to Wish Shell only or to any Tk program.

Update: The fix is https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/info/a6f284534ce9c3d0

[mtmcp]

Thank you for those links and the updates.

It looks like we might then want to use defaults by the theme. At the moment, TkCon decides its own defaults, but it would be best to accept theme-provided ones where it makes sense. At the moment, it is very bright white on dark background burns a hole in my eyes over time. 😅