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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 40750@debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <ndame@protonmail.com>
Subject: bug#40750: Use error face for errors
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:35:26 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871ree5h29.fsf@tcd.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eeie8ebe.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:06:29 +0100")

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> ndame <ndame@protonmail.com> writes:
>
>> There is a standard face: error, which is red by default.
>>
>> Error messages in emacs should use it. It makes errors more conspicuous in
>> the echo area and the Messages buffer, distinguishing them from regular
>> messages.
>
> I think having Emacs using red for error message in the echo area etc
> would look pretty odd?  Anybody got an opinion here?

I agree, but in theory there could be a customisable face for this that
defaults to the current default.

But is it even possible to systematically tell whether a given message
corresponds to an error?

-- 
Basil





  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-21 17:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-21 18:54 bug#40750: Use error face for errors ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-21 16:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-21 17:35   ` Basil L. Contovounesios [this message]
2021-01-21 17:38     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  2:41   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  2:42     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 15:46       ` bug#40750: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 16:59         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-05-23 11:55           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-02  6:31 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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