From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Diff mode faces Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87oea5urwm.fsf@jurta.org> <87psujj0h0.fsf@jurta.org> <86hdfv1y9b.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87r7eyqzcy.fsf@jurta.org> <200506191710.j5JHAEN11479@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <877jgfi40l.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119936764 27199 80.91.229.2 (28 Jun 2005 05:32:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:32:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, merlyn@stonehenge.com, Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 28 07:32:42 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dn8hv-0006HI-Av for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:32:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dn8ph-0000j7-GE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:40:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dn8nD-00089f-Kh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:37:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dn8nB-00088t-DR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:37:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dn8hQ-0006vg-6a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:31:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.201] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dn8Es-0007pG-Jt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so320743wri for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:57:56 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cZQ4Zjhm5S4C+avXA1ikmf90JCUNKALMQZrIt1exhaRgqAsoiJ82yhCHnt/SybFeQVpfeah7DDvCOsNe3M+t62Px/AwrivyxI0R/Pfou3I/YsDUJQvv/JTRMPjgC3Wvjqd1yHOxeY5B7LrdIaiLEsk7J4hqCIjeolMoz2PrNcqk= Original-Received: by 10.54.59.32 with SMTP id h32mr113164wra; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:57:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.54.19.31 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:57:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: Juri Linkov In-Reply-To: <877jgfi40l.fsf@jurta.org> Content-Disposition: inline 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:39749 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39749 On 6/28/05, Juri Linkov wrote: > Something has to be done about colors of diff context, because > currently it is white on black for dark backgrounds, and yellow > on white for light backgrounds. The diff-mode colors on a dark-background terminal (gnome-terminal or generic xterm) are: Changed lines: yellow+bold on black Context: white/grey on black Headers: green/blue+bold on black These colors work very well and should not be changed On the other hand, I find the terminal _light-background_ colors almost unreadable. Certainly the "bold yellow" foreground used in headers is absurd on a white background. In general changed foreground colors seem to work less well against a light background (perhaps because most terminal colors are fairly bright and don't contrast well against a white background) so perhaps it would be better to use the default [black] foreground for the context/changed text, and rely on making the changed lines bold. -Miles --=20 Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.