Colours in DOS

[brlec]

Hi guys,
Would it be possible to either remove the defaults in sumo/plotting/orbital_colours.conf or change them so that O, S and Se aren't all the same green for the p orbitals? Very minor but it's really annoying to have to make the conf files when you just want to quickly check a DOS
Thanks!

[utf]

Sure, submit a PR. Happy for you to remove them from the config.

[brlec]

think it worked?

[ajjackson]

Hmm, I thought I'd posted a comment here already! Maybe I got distracted before it was done, that happens at lot at the moment...

This change will probably cause unpleasant surprises for some users who don't expect their plotting colour scheme to change! If the current problems are:

• it is a nuisance to set colours in the directory or to explicitly pass a config file, when the user has a simple and consistent preference
• there is no way to disable the default colours

Then I suggest a "non-destructive" alternative that could solve both problems:

• look for a user config file somewhere like ~/.config/sumo/dos-colors.conf
• The priority order is --conf > user config > defaults
• An empty (but existing) user file will override any default colours; if users want to tweak the stock colours they should start with a copy of the defaults