Message 326125 - Python tracker

Investigating the code, I discovered that
  # TODO: get fg/bg from theme."
is my rewrite on 2016 8 31, a3623c8, of
  #elguavas - config placeholders til config stuff completed
Stephen Gava either wrote or modified the file in 2001.  Using the config settings was the original intention, and I thought two years ago and in subsequent revisions that we should at least try it.