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: Darkening font-lock colors Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:16:31 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87tz0pg1uk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87d47hoox5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200907302139.n6ULdKCr008497@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <87my6lrfzf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200907302221.n6UMLUWZ009001@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <4A722F7B.20101@harpegolden.net> <87d47hisbq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87zlahrggt.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249261383 8661 80.91.229.12 (3 Aug 2009 01:03:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 01:03:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David De La Harpe Golden , Dan Nicolaescu , Lennart Borgman , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 03 03:02:55 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 1MXlwy-00026K-RJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:02:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56956 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXlwy-0007on-D4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:02:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXltv-0006Cv-0C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:59:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXltq-0006Ae-D4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:59:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41147 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXltq-0006Aa-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:59:38 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out1.starman.ee ([85.253.0.3]:33240 helo=mx1.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXltp-0006NS-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:59:37 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.68.40.cable.starman.ee [82.131.68.40]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88F23F4126; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 03:59:26 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <87zlahrggt.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:36:18 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:113585 Archived-At: > Suggestions welcome. I'm afraid I don't have the time to tinker around > finding an optimal color scheme---I just wanted to fix the legibility > problem. If you can come up with something better, let us know. Thank you, finally we have legible default font-lock faces. One problem I see is with `font-lock-string-face'. Please look at design guidelines for font-lock colors at the end of the Commentary section of font-lock.el. It says: Make the face attributes fit the concept as far as possible. i.e., function names might be a bold color such as blue, comments might be a bright color such as red, character strings might be brown, because, err, strings are brown It seems designers chose "RosyBrown" because it contains the word "Brown". But actually it is rosy and not brown at all. Now we have "VioletRed4" that it more far from brown. Can we return the to the initial design with a color like say "RosyBrown4"? -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/