From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: reducing defface redundancy Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:31:52 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <877kn3qczq.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <871yd9q09b.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <200204220747.g3M7lo301995@aztec.santafe.edu> <200204230024.g3N0OH702333@aztec.santafe.edu> <200204241754.g3OHsIm03235@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025688761 28521 127.0.0.1 (3 Jul 2002 09:32:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 09:32:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, abraham@dina.kvl.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17PgV6-0007Pu-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:32:40 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17PgaY-0004yY-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:38:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17PgVU-000677-00; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 05:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.4.42]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17PgUR-000653-00; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 05:31:59 -0400 Original-Received: from lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lothlorien [129.217.19.67]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g639Vvb06827; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:31:57 +0200 (MES) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.19.80]) by lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de id LAA06455; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:31:52 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix, from userid 6104) id 71B553B028; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:31:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "03 Jul 2002 15:38:43 +0900") Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5393 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5393 Miles Bader writes: > With the suggested algorithm, if he changes `:inherit mode-line', > `:underline t', or adds a previously unused attribute, that change will > apply to all environments. However, if he changes `:background ...', > the change will only apply to the relevant branch of the `conditional' > in the defface spec. So basically the rewritten face spec will look > like the original face-spec except with the user's changes integrated. I like this idea. It is simple and easy to grok for the user. At a later time, people can think about enhancing Custom such that more complicated things can be done, eg. using Emacs running on a light background to change the color for dark backgrounds. kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)