From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Manuel Giraud via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default Info face Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:50:06 +0100 Message-ID: <877c7xdp0h.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> References: <87wmfxgvjd.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <86frmlm6hc.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Manuel Giraud Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36364"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 18 15:51:21 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 1tNvOS-0009JO-Ec for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:51:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNvNa-0008Br-I6; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:50:26 -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 1tNvNO-00085b-O6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:50:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ledu-giraud.fr ([51.159.28.247]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tNvNL-0002W7-8N; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:50:13 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=ed25519; bh=9PA8VHOz WiNx8c+iJPyI1m7vlVfnVhuEwhsqN5a8Lyo=; h=date:references:in-reply-to: subject:cc:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=86X5434xXnP3IyhPq4RasxZkEfPseF UwJ/iJcdj4KwbhLQWZOLabnIrrLaXrYuwhqyaHTAUtb3n+vgoZ+OFNCA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=rsa; bh=9PA8VHOzWiNx8c+i JPyI1m7vlVfnVhuEwhsqN5a8Lyo=; h=date:references:in-reply-to:subject: cc:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=fmf9xMLrcA5ZxFkfDn6G7GfO1MMe8e9ewUYR2a l+Q+seDnBFcOr0VN4189JHrgAXgzAQlxYC+XVr/lrscn5xWkQZMtj47PkUMrygdFvkYfJJ Ir88/swzLKHeQdX+Gdel0YBDqO9miyCl3qp3kk2Jj5hdCqsW3/m079wF7NBLcDy/cJnmGg 0REl6D7RxkgiF4eiVXE1Ss2hkTPmUeXecuO6m4sr5codRd50EdZbdkZTrtH4OTvsBTodqg QfTGxMURjtBtTmKrvvLuEOkF/b8foB+j36YKdyofIFCStRQ0H+y9KaXBXgKgd0cch4nma1 YT4IXK9teiwSCDJui3b4RSBQ== Original-Received: from computer ( [10.1.1.1]) by ledu-giraud.fr (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 91d98c0f (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:50:07 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <86frmlm6hc.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:05:35 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=51.159.28.247; envelope-from=manuel@ledu-giraud.fr; helo=ledu-giraud.fr X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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:326658 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:54 +0100 >> From: Manuel Giraud via "Emacs development discussions." >> If I'm not mistaken, currently, the face used for the text body of Info >> nodes is `default'. I was wondering if there would be any interest in >> having an `info' face defined for this usage. I imagine that it could >> inherit for `variable-pitch-text' as "shr.el" is doing. I also guess >> that it would have an impact on some sub-faces (like `info-title*' for >> example). WDYT? > > Info manuals don't look nice with variable-pitch fonts because > 'makeinfo' fills and justifies lines assuming a fixed-pitch font, then > inserts hard newlines between lines. Try making your default face use > a variable-pitch font, and you will see that Info manuals look ugly: > some lines are too long, others too short. I've just tried and I don't see more ugliness when using a variable-pitch font in Info-mode. The lines "too long" and "too short" are already there when using a fixed-pitch font anyway. [...] > If variable-pitch face is out, what other advantages could we have by > using a specialized face in Info? Yes, if you rule out variable-pitch, there is not much left to this case then. -- Manuel Giraud