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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 6693@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6693: 24.0.50; font-lock-(builtin|doc) faces are *way* too close
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:24:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hb707qlq.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvk4by9e7v.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:01:59 -0400")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> 1- make sure that default faces have a foreground that combines well
>    with its background.  I.e. each individual char should be legible
>    even for colorblind users.

Yes, that's important.  But I don't think we have much of a problem in
that area at the moment?  Putting red text on a green background (or
vice versa) isn't very nice even for non-colourblind people.  :-)

> 2- try to use visually different appearances for different font-lock faces.
>
> The first issue is very important (e.g. a requirement to enable
> font-lock by default).  The second is very secondary in comparison.

In this specific instance, I think changing the orchid-ish colour to
MediumBlue (or similar) would be a good change, so I've now committed
that.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-05 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-21 17:32 bug#6693: 24.0.50; font-lock-(builtin|doc) faces are *way* too close Drew Adams
2011-07-03 13:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 13:58   ` Drew Adams
2011-07-03 14:05     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 14:34       ` Drew Adams
2011-07-03 14:46         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-03 15:09           ` Drew Adams
2011-07-04  0:52         ` David De La Harpe Golden
2011-07-04  2:32           ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-04  5:15             ` Drew Adams
2011-07-04  5:27               ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-04  5:02           ` Drew Adams
2011-07-04 10:04             ` David De La Harpe Golden
2011-07-04 16:12               ` Drew Adams
2011-07-04 17:01           ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-05 14:24             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-05 15:24               ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-05 15:29                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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