From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: font-lock-comment-delimiter-face Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 11:48:40 +0200 Message-ID: <85k6m04y6f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87wtq3ydmf.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17029.21411.495779.643570@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17030.32533.416687.524645@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116341043 14979 80.91.229.2 (17 May 2005 14:44:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 14:44:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 17 16:44:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DY3CF-0006As-Mm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 16:37:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DXroq-0001mN-9X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 May 2005 22:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DXO1Y-0002mT-W9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 14:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DXN3m-0004t3-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 13:37:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DXI4X-0004pb-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 08:18:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DXI7K-0004xu-Rj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 08:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DXHzi-0007t9-Vx; Sun, 15 May 2005 08:13:19 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D7F651C46518; Sun, 15 May 2005 11:48:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <17030.32533.416687.524645@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Sun, 15 May 2005 10:43:33 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:37167 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37167 Nick Roberts writes: > > I have had this problem before, with an old monitor. It can > > also be solved by turning up the brightness or buying a new > > monitor. > > > > I have to turn the brightness down to make the battery last. > > I'm probably missing the point, but the eye is not very sensitive to > red (or blue) wavelengths. ISTR the maximum sensitivity of the eye > (photopic response) is at about 550nm i.e green. So your battery > might last longer if you use a color for comments that is close to > this (assuming the emitters for red, green and blue are equally > efficient). It is the backlight that is consuming the bulk of the power, not the color cells. So if you are worried about battery power, you should be using only black and white and turn the backlight down as much as possible with this setting. I have my doubts that this will save inordinate amounts of powers, though. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum