* bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default
@ 2018-03-20 16:16 Robert Pluim
2018-03-20 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 14:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Robert Pluim @ 2018-03-20 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 30883
When using insert-char interactively to insert т (CYRILLIC SMALL
LETTER TE), the completions buffer uses the completions-annotations
face to display the character after the full unicode name. т is one of
those characters for which the italic glyph is very different from the
non-italic one (it actually looks like an 'm'), which is highly
misleading for the user.
The easy solution would be to just base the completions-annotations
face on the default face, but Iʼm sure thereʼs a historical reason for
its existence.
In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 27, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
of 2018-03-19 built on rpluim-ubuntu
Repository revision: 2dd2251ce5c676f64bfed3cd56d4746213e75583
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11804000
System Description: KDE neon LTS User Edition 5.12
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default
2018-03-20 16:16 bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default Robert Pluim
@ 2018-03-20 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-21 9:37 ` Robert Pluim
2021-06-25 14:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2018-03-20 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Pluim; +Cc: 30883
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:16:37 +0100
>
> When using insert-char interactively to insert т (CYRILLIC SMALL
> LETTER TE), the completions buffer uses the completions-annotations
> face to display the character after the full unicode name. т is one of
> those characters for which the italic glyph is very different from the
> non-italic one (it actually looks like an 'm'), which is highly
> misleading for the user.
I guess it depends on the default font, because on my system the
italic glyph looks very reasonably similar to the roman variant.
> The easy solution would be to just base the completions-annotations
> face on the default face, but Iʼm sure thereʼs a historical reason for
> its existence.
FWIW, I happen to like the typeface we use there, so I think we should
go to a more boring display only if we have a very good reason.
Thanks.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default
2018-03-20 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2018-03-21 9:37 ` Robert Pluim
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Robert Pluim @ 2018-03-21 9:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 30883
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:16:37 +0100
>>
>> When using insert-char interactively to insert т (CYRILLIC SMALL
>> LETTER TE), the completions buffer uses the completions-annotations
>> face to display the character after the full unicode name. т is one of
>> those characters for which the italic glyph is very different from the
>> non-italic one (it actually looks like an 'm'), which is highly
>> misleading for the user.
>
> I guess it depends on the default font, because on my system the
> italic glyph looks very reasonably similar to the roman variant.
It does. The following monospace fonts on my system display it as a
slanted 'm': Inconsolata, Libertine, Noto Sans UI, Ubuntu Mono. The
others display it as a slanted т, which is arguably incorrect, but
they outnumber those four by approximately 2:1
>> The easy solution would be to just base the completions-annotations
>> face on the default face, but Iʼm sure thereʼs a historical reason for
>> its existence.
>
> FWIW, I happen to like the typeface we use there, so I think we should
> go to a more boring display only if we have a very good reason.
I donʼt think we have a good reason. Iʼll customise
completions-annotations.
Robert
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default
2018-03-20 16:16 bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default Robert Pluim
2018-03-20 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-06-25 14:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-06-25 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Pluim; +Cc: 30883
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> When using insert-char interactively to insert т (CYRILLIC SMALL
> LETTER TE), the completions buffer uses the completions-annotations
> face to display the character after the full unicode name.
This has been changed in Emacs 28 -- the character is displayed at the
start of the line in *completions*, and it's not italic. (But I see the
problem in Emacs 27.1.)
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2021-06-25 14:33 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2018-03-20 16:16 bug#30883: 27.0.50; completions-annotations face should not be based on italic by default Robert Pluim
2018-03-20 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-21 9:37 ` Robert Pluim
2021-06-25 14:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).