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: Default Info face Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:06:02 +0200 Message-ID: <861py4ncp1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wmfxgvjd.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <86frmlm6hc.fsf@gnu.org> <877c7xdp0h.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <86bjx9m2mp.fsf@gnu.org> <87r0650wbb.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13864"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Manuel Giraud Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 18 18:06:44 2024 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 1tNxVT-0003PO-7U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:06:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNxUu-0006sr-Gv; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:06:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNxUs-0006sa-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:06:06 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNxUs-0002IC-Gp; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:06:06 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=gJoiZnP8am8MUV6I6sL5nezCAL4fCEDxFwV1iKPEMXA=; b=fnwahwDLDe3riugdQgjg JA63HIriByBrXN7yZSMKLLUE4C+w+2Le1Bd/mfvzidyG37eUbKDSRg0kDlJj3YJmRvbgC2JMm1qwg QhKpYBr96xzdYRzWzADBW74DPV6l1ADUDSOwPsDfbXpUM/RN8dsa5O6ng8LXYaB/s2+PC5IKhsYOp T37kijvvO884S3fjzChz6ICOT8Nbi58Q7s5BYoMbLStCkZSY51RpWjFRpPAOkabAa0XcQmC0gL+Ix 97XPGxN6RWTu/7bCEVjCuFx41TiD6TvIEjAtBbDbAeUHq+309JrvJpJS8hprCbuO+PCqjY1KCQgP6 j8vPkyq8t9R+3w==; In-Reply-To: <87r0650wbb.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> (message from Manuel Giraud on Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:50:48 +0100) 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:326672 Archived-At: > From: Manuel Giraud > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:50:48 +0100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > So why is it so important to use variable-pitch face for Info? What > > are the advantages of that? > > Well, I'm far from an expert on the matter but it is said™ that for > reading long text a proportional font is easier on the eyes. I think > most books are printed with a proportional font. Well, that's true, but we in Emacs are staring at fixed-pitch text all day long, and are supposed to be used to it. I don't think I'd object to something like Info-variable-pitch-mode, as an optional minor mode, but it could be quite a lot of work, since we have other faces in Info manuals that should look well with such a default.