From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4033: 23.1; list-colors-display is misleading Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:04:35 +0300 Message-ID: <83r5vro3po.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4B9B03BEE43E44B79206302B26E01B3A@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249410447 20764 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2009 18:27:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:27:27 +0000 (UTC) To: Drew Adams , 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 04 20:27:19 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MYOiz-00077L-Dl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:27:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51776 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYOiy-0000dm-NV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:27:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYOit-0000dJ-1x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYOin-0000cv-Sx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41074 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYOin-0000cs-KS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49404) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYOin-0003KS-1Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n74IQldu004512; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:26:47 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n74IA62J003100; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:10:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:10:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4033 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4033-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4033.12494091142693 (code B ref 4033); Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:10:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4033) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Aug 2009 18:05:14 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il (mtaout6.012.net.il [84.95.2.16]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n74I56FO001788 for <4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:05:07 -0700 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout6.012.net.il by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KNV00G00643NC00@i-mtaout6.012.net.il> for 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:04:36 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.149.138]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KNV00EG267NXB10@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:04:36 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <4B9B03BEE43E44B79206302B26E01B3A@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:54 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29860 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:01:21 -0700 > Cc: > > emacs -Q > M-x list-colors-display > > The RGB values listed at the right side are misleading. Only if you interpret them to mean not what they were supposed to mean. > The displayed RGB hex string ideally should reflect the user's actual > color possibilities. If there is no way for Emacs to know that, then > it's better to err on the side of providing more information: > #RRRRGGGGBBBB, rather than less: #RRGGBB. E.g., it's better to > translate LightBlue as #befded5effff than as #beedff. 16-bit RGB components is what Emacs uses internally, IIRC. That is the reason we show each one as two letters. I think this bug should be closed.