From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Q: child frames on ttys
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:40:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cylobvse.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m25xrg6bd5.fsf@pro2.fritz.box> (message from Gerd Möllmann on Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:00:22 +0200)
> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:00:22 +0200
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> The simplest such function is of course the identity function, which
> >> means child and root share the same face cache. With the consequence
> >> that changing named faces on the child modifies faces of the root. Not
> >> nice, but simple.
> >>
> >> As I said, I'm not sure about this. I could also think of redefining the
> >> concept of face id to something containing the frame or cache holding
> >> the face's definition. Which could be done in more than one way. And so
> >> on, but it's certainly some work.
> >>
> >> What do people think?
> >
> > FWIW, I don't see why this would be a serious limitation. After all,
> > by default we define the faces identically on all frames, and Lisp
> > programs that want to have different faces on different frames need to
> > actively opt in. Most don't.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I think I'm mostly concerned of the seemingly harmless background-color
> frame parm, and what else there is which change the default face on a
> frame. I could imagine that one would want to do that for child frames.
> Like a frame for completion candidates, for example.
We should document that this doesn't work on TTY displays, and let
applications deal with that.
> Hm. I think I'll leave that as is for now, i.e. simply share the
> face cache with the root. It could be changed later, and it's pretty
> independent of the rest, I'd say. At least as far as I can see now.
Right. Just please don't forget documenting it.
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-17 7:24 Q: child frames on ttys Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-17 10:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-17 11:02 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-17 17:18 ` martin rudalics
2024-08-17 18:41 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-21 7:10 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-21 7:55 ` martin rudalics
2024-08-21 8:03 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-21 8:11 ` Robert Pluim
2024-08-21 8:38 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-21 12:00 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 6:42 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 9:17 ` martin rudalics
2024-08-30 11:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-30 11:23 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 14:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 8:26 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-31 11:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 14:00 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-31 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-09-02 8:37 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-09-02 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-02 12:46 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-09-02 13:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-02 13:54 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 11:09 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 9:29 ` Robert Pluim
2024-08-30 11:19 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 12:00 ` Robert Pluim
2024-08-30 12:37 ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-30 21:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-08-31 6:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 8:46 ` Po Lu
2024-09-01 0:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-09-16 1:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-09-01 0:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
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