(widget-field-face, widget-single-line-field-face):

Define special colors for a tty.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2001-10-17  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+	* wid-edit.el (widget-field-face, widget-single-line-field-face):
+	Define special colors for a tty.
+
 2001-10-17  Francesco Potorti`  <pot@gnu.org>
 	* comint.el (comint-password-prompt-regexp): Make it less
 	restrictive, letting comint recognise OpenSSH2 passphrase prompts.
-2001-10-15  John Wiegley  <johnw@gnu.org>
+2001-10-17  John Wiegley  <johnw@gnu.org>
 	* eshell/em-unix.el (eshell/cat): Do a quick test if something is
 	a regular file, before checking if it is a directory or symlink.

lisp/wid-edit.el

@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ This exists as a variable so it can be set locally in certain buffers.")
   :type 'face
   :group 'widget-faces)
 
-(defface widget-field-face '((((class grayscale color)
+;; TTY gets special definitions here and in the next defface, because
+;; the gray colors defined for other displays cause black text on a black
+;; background, at least on light-background TTYs.
+(defface widget-field-face '((((type tty))
+			      (:background "yellow3"))
+			     (((class grayscale color)
 			       (background light))
 			      (:background "gray85"))
 			     (((class grayscale color)
@@ -131,7 +136,9 @@ This exists as a variable so it can be set locally in certain buffers.")
   "Face used for editable fields."
   :group 'widget-faces)
 
-(defface widget-single-line-field-face '((((class grayscale color)
+(defface widget-single-line-field-face '((((type tty))
+					  (:background "green3"))
+					 (((class grayscale color)
 					   (background light))
 					  (:background "gray85"))
 					 (((class grayscale color)