From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: font-lock-comment-delimiter-face Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 11:58:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wtq3ydmf.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <17029.21411.495779.643570@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17030.32533.416687.524645@farnswood.snap.net.nz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116357425 11676 80.91.229.2 (17 May 2005 19:17:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 17 21:17:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DY7WF-0006Q5-9e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 21:14:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DY7YX-0004hB-1e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:16:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DXYlT-0006RP-Cf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2005 02:07:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DXYEc-0007j2-86 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2005 01:33:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DXLXj-0004Bw-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 12:00:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DXLdU-0006zz-5I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 12:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DXLVw-0004g3-4M; Sun, 15 May 2005 11:58:48 -0400 Original-To: Nick Roberts In-reply-to: <17030.32533.416687.524645@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Sun, 15 May 2005 10:43:33 +1200) 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:37170 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37170 I'm probably missing the point, but the eye is not very sensitive to red (or blue) wavelengths. ISTR the maximum sensitivity of the eye (photopic response) is at about 550nm i.e green. So your battery might last longer if you use a color for comments that is close to this (assuming the emitters for red, green and blue are equally efficient). The computer has a single brightness control. I turn it down to the level needed for me to see ordinary white text. Therefore, I don't want any text to be in red. I would suppose this applies to everyone using a laptop. BTW green (forest green in Emacs) is my preferred color for comments. Strongly recommended :) The problem is, green is used for comments. There are not many colors available on a tty.