From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: incomplete comment colorization in terminals Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:44:50 -0700 Message-ID: <200803132244.m2DMioqZ025396@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <20080311231514.B718249C0BB@daedalus.stanford.edu> <200803120644.m2C6i8fa000584@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18391.37244.140676.65895@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200803130638.m2D6cILZ010032@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205448535 19759 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2008 22:48:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: riepel@networking.stanford.edu, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, nickrob@snap.net.nz, eliz@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 23:49:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZwEX-0001Mz-Cs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:49:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwDy-0000hb-7h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:48:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwDR-0000V5-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwDP-0000UR-Mz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZwDP-0000UL-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwDP-00083Q-5R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwDO-0001MU-TZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwDL-00082Y-Ss for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:58 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwDI-00080k-1P; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:52 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1206053092.20473@QBoq17hPkEoziAIJEeQAHw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m2DMioqZ025396; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:44:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:24:25 -0400") Original-Lines: 13 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92446 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21562 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > We can actually completely get rid of `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face' > if the color for the dark background, 8 colors is changed to "yellow". > "yellow" is very readable on a black background. It will appear as > orange on the Linux console, which is also very readable. > > I tried that in `font-lock-comment-face', and it is ok, In that case, please let's go with that solution, it is the lower complexity solution, and less surprising for the user. We have gotten a few bug reports from users that were confused by this (it is not immediately intuitive).