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: [PATCH] tab-line-alternate-colors Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:34:23 +0200 Message-ID: <83eejscsg0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87360autpy.fsf@alphapapa.net> <87mtyiqfzv.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87tusqt3yr.fsf@alphapapa.net> <834kkpenox.fsf@gnu.org> <87lfe1t9l3.fsf@alphapapa.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17393"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Adam Porter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 14 16:40:41 2020 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 1kopxn-0004Rm-Vh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:40:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36148 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kopxn-00027C-0c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:40:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koprt-00046Y-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:34:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1koprs-0006WI-Tm; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:34:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1860 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1koprs-0008Ut-7r; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:34:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87lfe1t9l3.fsf@alphapapa.net> (message from Adam Porter on Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:17:28 -0600) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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:260814 Archived-At: > From: Adam Porter > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:17:28 -0600 > > AFAIK there's no way to inherit only a certain attribute of a face, > other than using an anonymous face made at runtime. If there were, it > would be simple to just inherit the mode-line face's background color. I'm not sure I understand why would want to inherit just the background color. What's wrong with inheriting all the rest? > >> +(defface tab-line-tab-special '((t (:slant italic))) > > > > What will this do on terminals that don''t support italic? > > Nothing, I suppose. :) I don't often use Emacs in a terminal, so I'm > not as familiar with that issue. > > I'll be glad to follow whatever guidance you may provide here. Thanks. I guess if italics isn't supported, you could use bold or some foreground color instead?