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--- softwares:niente:nenchange [2026/03/26 11:04] – [Niente Version 4.05 - Expected March 27th, 2026] hjr
+++ softwares:niente:nenchange [2026/03/27 10:50] (current) – [Niente Version 4.05 - Expected March 27th, 2026] hjr
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 The lettered options are still distinct from the others (as they perform one-off type program alterations, rather than data processing functions), but otherwise all menu options appear now undifferentiated. The right-hand panel is now entirely given over to displaying the program logo, rather pointlessly: that entire half of the display may disappear in a future release but has been left there for now, in case it might become useful in future.
-**__Enhancement__**: Niente is now "colour aware": a new menu item in the Administration menu allows you to alter the colours assigned to each display element of the Niente program interface (such as the box- or line-drawing characters, the logo text, the menu option text and so on.
+**__Enhancement__**: Niente is now "colour aware": a new menu item in the Administration menu allows you to alter the colours assigned to each display element of the Niente program interface (such as the box- or line-drawing characters, the logo text, the menu option text and so on). In this respect, the program acquires the same colour management facilities that Semplice and Giocoso possess. The new menu option is on the **Administration** menu, **Option 6: Change the program colour scheme**:
+{{ :software:niente:screenshot_2026-03-27_at_10.41.29.png?direct&600 |}}
+The various program 'drawing elements' are listed with a colour number assigned to each. The defaults can be restored by tabbing round to highlight the [Reset to Defaults] button. Any of the 16 colours can be assigned to any option, allowing this sort of thing:
+{{ :software:niente:screenshot_2026-03-27_at_10.48.02.png?direct&600 |}}
+//Exactly// the same colour number assignment can also produce this result, however:
+{{ :software:niente:screenshot_2026-03-27_at_10.48.51.png?direct&600 |}}
+...which is significantly less usable! The specific colours assigned, in other words, will render differently depending on your //terminal's// choice of colour profile, so some experimentation will be needed to avoid usability horrors!