From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: highlight failed part of isearch input Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:17:02 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <871w71lwjl.fsf@jurta.org> References: <008101c86d06$31c2f1f0$9eb22382@us.oracle.com> <87fxvzxc0j.fsf@jurta.org> <000901c86d0f$5beec1d0$405a908d@us.oracle.com> <87lk5r3sf7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87skzsvhvc.fsf@jurta.org> <8763wfpi9w.fsf@jurta.org> <003001c87662$f62a0280$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87fxvjmj7c.fsf@jurta.org> <003801c87671$9926fbb0$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> <878x1a8gdc.fsf@jurta.org> <200802242331.m1ONVFeL010174@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <003501c8773f$91c6a9a0$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> <47C20508.3050708@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203898766 16666 80.91.229.12 (25 Feb 2008 00:19:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 01:19:50 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JTR4O-0008VG-Q1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:19:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTR3s-0005m0-RY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:19:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTR3o-0005lR-8l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:19:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTR3l-0005ku-12 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:19:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTR3k-0005kr-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:19:08 -0500 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTR3g-0005Gf-II; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JTR3W-0005WT-Ba; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:19:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <47C20508.3050708@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:08 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: ef6c50392af5ec65634338665e82f3c2 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2309 [Feb 24 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 11 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:90318 Archived-At: >> I don't think we should pick colors for UI design (e.g. defaults) based on >> their names, but based on their properties. Pick the right color, regardless >> of what convention we use to name it. > > Colors are to the eye as musical notes are to the ear. The ones that look > pleasing to the eye have names, and you'd be well advised to use > them. Defining colors for a UI using hex RGB numbers is the same as > composing music using frequencies. I'd like to know the history of rgb.txt, and why unlike musical notes, color names and values in this file are selected at irregular intervals without a conceivable logic. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/