From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customizing faces with `defcustom' Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:10:49 -0500 Message-ID: References: <43103F48.1020804@gmx.at> <4313F4CB.10200@gmx.at> <4375A332.6070000@gmx.at> <87fyperhgd.fsf@jurta.org> <438D5913.7030801@gmx.at> <43ABFA5C.2080302@gmx.at> <87y82afehi.fsf@jurta.org> <43B01C54.2040005@gmx.at> <87oe32fmt0.fsf@jurta.org> <43B26315.20005@gmx.at> <87acekpoho.fsf@jurta.org> <87zmmjxg1t.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135980743 28292 80.91.229.2 (30 Dec 2005 22:12:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:12:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 30 23:12:21 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EsSTw-0006dr-8t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:12:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EsSVM-0008Bk-IU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:13:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EsSUy-0008BJ-4b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:13:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EsSUx-0008Av-9G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:13:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EsSUw-0008Aj-Rv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:13:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EsSVX-0001oh-Ck for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1EsSSX-0007mf-E4; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:10:49 -0500 Original-To: Juri Linkov In-reply-to: <87zmmjxg1t.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:29:42 +0200) 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:48559 Archived-At: Selecting a good face name will also set up a rule for naming more mode line faces that could be added after the release, e.g. (existing variable vs. new face name): mode-line-mule-info variable - mode-line-mule face mode-line-modified variable - mode-line-modified face mode-line-frame-identification variable - mode-line-frame face mode-line-position variable - mode-line-position face It is logical, but far too complicated, and not worth it. I would rather have just the one face, called mode-line-emphasis or mode-line-location or mode-line-subject-matter, and use that for the buffer name and the info node name, and for any other similar thing.