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: Re: new *Help* argument highlighting Date: 10 May 2004 10:32:06 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040510020140.F99A.LEKTU@mi.madritel.es> <20040510023212.F99D.LEKTU@mi.madritel.es> 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 1084152896 9155 80.91.224.253 (10 May 2004 01:34:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 01:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon May 10 03:34:49 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 1BMzgv-00048P-00 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 03:34:49 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BMzgv-0001pK-00 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 03:34:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMzfx-0003vp-1v for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 21:33:49 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMzfA-0003q2-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 21:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMzeZ-0002k8-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 21:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMzeZ-0002gN-0l; Sun, 09 May 2004 21:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate99.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.186]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i4A1WCa11602; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:12 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i4A1WCe27343; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:12 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.202]) by mailsv3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i4A1WBT16580; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:11 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4A1W8ib027410; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:09 +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 i4A1W6aQ006169; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:07 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 0ABE94542; Mon, 10 May 2004 10:32:06 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Juanma Barranquero System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <20040510023212.F99D.LEKTU@mi.madritel.es> Original-Lines: 18 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:23011 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23011 Juanma Barranquero writes: > > I think you're wrong. There's a lot of problems with adding colors. > > Sure. But we already have lots of faces, some of which add colors with > not much remorse: ... > That said, I wouldn't advocate adding colors to this as a default. Whether or not colors are appropriate depends a lot on the context; each case has to be thought about separately. What people (including me) are saying is that colors are the wrong thing for this case. [Though, FWIW, I think that changes in _brightness_ are generally less intrusive than changes in _hue_, especially if they're subtle.] -Miles -- Ich bin ein Virus. Mach' mit und kopiere mich in Deine .signature.