From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to make Emacs popular again: Use monospaced fonts less Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87lfgciy9f.fsf@igel.home> References: <87o8ls1vvq.fsf@posteo.net> <20200926145302.sjrwjrguf5ialc25@Ergus> <3201a9fe-de19-d553-0be1-d379f182fd47@yandex.ru> <84273aa2-24a9-7584-18b9-03a5ac783d62@yandex.ru> <835z7vjrg3.fsf@gnu.org> <83tuvegkmo.fsf@gnu.org> <83v9ftf6n9.fsf@gnu.org> <835z7qfp6h.fsf@gnu.org> <87ft6lgw5y.fsf_-_@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22904"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 11 17:23:17 2020 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 1kRdBt-0005t5-E8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:23:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55528 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kRdBs-0004zU-Cs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 11:23:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36882) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kRdAZ-00048D-6h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 11:21:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:59976) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kRdAW-0004R2-Ue for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 11:21:54 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C8QWy1y2hz1qs06; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C8QWy0bVRz1r0lk; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id F9ZMLkipawdp; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: xhQhfm/QJ8yU+gQo/yLvtVf/1J0M34uUKcSPureomnnwqhPOtLnweDqWlCrDxRFj Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-180-207.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.180.207]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA09F2C2792; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:21:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: What I want to find out is -- do parrots know much about Astro-Turf? In-Reply-To: <87ft6lgw5y.fsf_-_@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 11 Oct 2020 07:37:45 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.18.0.9; envelope-from=whitebox@nefkom.net; helo=mail-out.m-online.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/11 11:21:50 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=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: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:257372 Archived-At: On Okt 11 2020, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > So here's my most controversial suggestion ever: > > diff --git a/lisp/faces.el b/lisp/faces.el > index 5b7e0a5aee..e6f65a5901 100644 > --- a/lisp/faces.el > +++ b/lisp/faces.el > @@ -2553,6 +2553,7 @@ mode-line-faces > (defface mode-line > '((((class color) (min-colors 88)) > :box (:line-width -1 :style released-button) > + :inherit variable-pitch > :background "grey75" :foreground "black") > (t > :inverse-video t)) > > In addition to looking nicer, it means we can fit more data into the > mode line. Make sure that the header-line face does *not* inherit the variable-pitch face. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."