From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Semantic hl-line-mode (was: ELPA: add lin.el) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 17:06:30 +0200 Message-ID: <83bl2oxfgp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871r3uv1tk.fsf@protesilaos.com> <87czn9kt7o.fsf@protesilaos.com> <87y25whzcm.fsf@protesilaos.com> <83pmr82i8r.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmr8j6k5.fsf@protesilaos.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6929"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Protesilaos Stavrou Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 13 16:08:15 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mluda-0001bi-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2021 16:08:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38434 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mludZ-0005XD-5i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlucB-0004dk-JV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:06:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=53440 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlucA-00080T-Vy; Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:06:46 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=HsvVUAkLNWapGbgchp8d/g3v87gxE9LGFxxJfJlmIhQ=; b=Itw5PEJNwChA mVRgxV+bagJW0sXBQly8Rimmevf2lPt78Rt+bTHkrE74xClzdlbdmRD6Z9zF6gEtGqztgjVu3ZKJ0 qLJ7PjpqfHtMg3ZKvlqdO8VMkPoPvEeLB4hHTvjzvyaR8Ca8wFSad5Zh9x++2u7v/+T7b5o5vNS9V esf0FP3LVmw1s+75NC7RA4inHN0VFU9BERnmJleaZA91gpfx8D6Uyf4UoqbbDpFqGqLKUyKDhfbd3 4f4A7SQjBWdUYEpEV1xh6WDQruev/1TrewblVW4Qo0Kaly23mJok9WiKt9d6EMMaqTmCK071a8eHM UbfH00TcSs6lPBA1MTj5uA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=4763 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mlucA-0007bX-Jd; Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:06:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87pmr8j6k5.fsf@protesilaos.com> (message from Protesilaos Stavrou on Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:53:30 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:279326 Archived-At: > From: Protesilaos Stavrou > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:53:30 +0200 > > +The distinction between these two types of line highlighting allows > +users/themes to apply different styles to the applicable faces, each > +optimized for its context: the standard 'hl-line' may become more > +subtle, while the 'hl-line-line-oriented' ought to be more prominent. It sounds like the last part (after the colon) is the important part, and is the reason for having a separate face. So I wonder whether the documentation could be made more up-to-a-point by stating this right from the beginning. Then I think you will be able to omit a large part of the rest, because the above makes the reason very clear. Thanks.