From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Darkening font-lock colors Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:13:50 +0900 Message-ID: <87hbwp32ep.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87d47hoox5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200907302221.n6UMLUWZ009001@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <4A722F7B.20101@harpegolden.net> <87d47hisbq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87zlahrggt.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87tz0pg1uk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4A76481C.6000602@harpegolden.net> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249276516 3574 80.91.229.12 (3 Aug 2009 05:15:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 05:15:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David De La Harpe Golden , Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Juri Linkov , Dan Nicolaescu , Stefan Monnier To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 03 07:15:08 2009 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 1MXpt5-0007QJ-SO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:15:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48128 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXpt5-000657-8z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:15:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXps3-0005cL-Ag for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXpry-0005aE-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59926 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXprx-0005Zy-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:13:57 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:48968) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXprv-0001cS-C1; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:13:55 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.177.167.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.177.167] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1MXprq-0002Ou-Rm; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:13:50 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 13301DF96; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:13:50 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 3 Aug 2009 04:28:55 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 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:113594 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > My favorites have changed a bit (or maybe I have changed). RosyBrown4 > is unfortunately rather dull. It is possible to use more colored > colors which are easier to distinguish. Being "easy to distinguish" is not the only goal. There's also "not driving the user insane" and "what my momma done used". The thing is that every user seems to have different ideas what the optimal goal is (thus stupid flame-wars anytime anyone suggests changing face colors)... -Miles -- One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say. -- Will Durant