From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: new *Help* argument highlighting Date: 07 May 2004 14:32:46 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083908523 28293 80.91.224.253 (7 May 2004 05:42:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 05:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 07 07:41:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLy7Q-0007Fg-00 for ; Fri, 07 May 2004 07:41:56 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLy7Q-0004YX-00 for ; Fri, 07 May 2004 07:41:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLy3O-0006Md-TM for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 01:37:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLy3J-0006Lx-Bp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 01:37:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLxyf-0005BR-Jd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 01:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLxye-00058s-Ib; Fri, 07 May 2004 01:32:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.160] (may be forged)) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i475Wna23809; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:49 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i475Wmh29606; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.12]) by mailsv3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i475WmT09374; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i475WkwO024373; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15 (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i475WkaQ003480; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:46 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 18B6C49A; Fri, 7 May 2004 14:32:46 +0900 (JST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Original-Lines: 22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22896 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22896 I've just seen the effect of the argument highlighting in describe-function *Help* buffers, and it seems like _way_ too much. It's nice to have some highlighting for the args, but I think `font-lock-variable-name-face' is the wrong thing to use. In an otherwise monochrome help-buffer, that makes the args stand out like lasers, and distracts attention from everything else (a typical source buffer using font-lock is a neon fruit salad anyway, so that face is appropriate there). I tried changing the `help-argument-name' face to be just italic instead, and that seemed a bit better (after all in documentation italics is often used for arguments), but since the args are uppercased, it looked slightly odd -- uppercase italics are generally a bit weird. I ended up thinking `the arguments are _already_ in uppercase, which is pretty noticeable, why is necessary to highlight them further at all?' -Miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread.