From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: colours in diff-mode Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:54 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20090217170539.2eb86638@terra.solaris> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234921872 10409 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2009 01:51:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Christian Faulhammer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 18 02:52:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LZbbu-0006o6-4G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:52:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37518 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZbaZ-0006mR-E9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZbaV-0006mL-Oz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZbaU-0006m4-Cw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57584 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZbaU-0006m1-64 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:58 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:56210 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZbaT-0005ST-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:57 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEABf4mklMCpTK/2dsb2JhbACBbtF+hBMGgzU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,225,1233550800"; d="scan'208";a="34012354" Original-Received: from 76-10-148-202.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.148.202]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2009 20:50:54 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 58D308442; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:54 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20090217170539.2eb86638@terra.solaris> (Christian Faulhammer's message of "Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:05:39 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:109154 Archived-At: > in my eyes the diff-mode is really bad-looking in an X frame due to the > lack of colours. Interestingly enough, a terminal frame shows some > more of them. Is this intended? It reflects my taste. As you can see, I like my hilighting to be rather subdued, using nuances of grey (which I typically accompany with changes of fonts, like italics, bold, ...) rather than the customary angry-fruit-salad. Other people chose the faces used on a tty, which is why it's so different there. Stefan