interactions draw fade effect with background colour alpha ~0.5

[spdegabrielle]

interactions draw fade effect with background colour alpha ~0.5 looks a bit like bad crt persistence

https://youtu.be/P63VJ2EI79Q (7.8 on MacOS Catalina)

shows up well if scrolling or 'shades of blue' parenthesis colour scheme. example settings org.racket-lang.prefs.rktd

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[spdegabrielle]

In hindsight this is probably a gui issue not drracket