From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Hodges Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-name-shadow-mode Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:16:23 +0000 Message-ID: <87fyyucvs8.fsf@molpro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111062360 6333 80.91.229.2 (17 Mar 2005 12:26:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 17 13:25:59 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBu4Y-0000r3-Sa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:25:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBuKq-0005H7-1y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:42:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DBuFf-00046B-Ja for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:37:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DBuFc-00043y-Lm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:37:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBuFb-0003yL-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:37:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DBtvc-0000Sw-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:16:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DBtty-0007pU-FT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:14:58 +0100 Original-Received: from 137.205.109.12 ([137.205.109.12]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:14:58 +0100 Original-Received: from MPHodges by 137.205.109.12 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:14:58 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.205.109.12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RibTrN7V2xxYl0mdvvPTPQyqf04= 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34662 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34662 >>>>> David Kastrup writes: > Hi, if I remember correctly, we had agreed a long time ago to make > file-name-shadow-mode active by default for the release. > Seemingly, this has not happened yet. I think the discussion > petered off after somebody asked how one could actually auto-enable > some minor mode. > I am using this all of the time. Any comment? I find this _very_ > useful not only for beginners. I agree that it's very useful. Furthermore, in a 256-colour xterm (setq file-name-shadow-tty-properties file-name-shadow-properties) works perfectly well. I checked a 16-colour xterm, and needed to make the foreground colour of file-name-shadow face darker (gray30) for it to be easily-distinguishable from a white background. Matt