Question
Negative/Inverse/Reverse color
I always think of a nice feature all reader programs should have: an option to reverse the output onscreen.
Normally our documents are black text over white background, mimicing the way we are used to in paper documents. PDF is a really nice format because we can have carefully laid out document in digital format.
But think about it: to read a book on screen is like staring at a bulb. It would be nice to read white texts over black background.
But one should not expect for a PDF to be produced this way (anyway, printed media should be black over white). This support must come from the reader program: just reverse the client area (page) where the text is rendered.
For a glimpse of the result, one can issue the following command under X:
xcalib -i -a
The whole X screen will be reversed. I'd like to see this implemented directly in acrobat reader, with a handy shortcut to switch back and forth quickly.
Normally our documents are black text over white background, mimicing the way we are used to in paper documents. PDF is a really nice format because we can have carefully laid out document in digital format.
But think about it: to read a book on screen is like staring at a bulb. It would be nice to read white texts over black background.
But one should not expect for a PDF to be produced this way (anyway, printed media should be black over white). This support must come from the reader program: just reverse the client area (page) where the text is rendered.
For a glimpse of the result, one can issue the following command under X:
xcalib -i -a
The whole X screen will be reversed. I'd like to see this implemented directly in acrobat reader, with a handy shortcut to switch back and forth quickly.
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