From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: header-line and mode-line faces Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:08:02 -0700 Message-ID: <00b001c8cda1$f32ef9f0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <00a301c8cd91$930576e0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87ej713slv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213395014 29973 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2008 22:10:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Miles Bader'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 14 00:10:57 2008 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 1K7HTu-0002rv-Qs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:10:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39579 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7HT6-0002Nm-Ta for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:10:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7HT2-0002NH-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K7HSz-0002KS-Ni for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58564 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K7HSz-0002KP-IL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:09:53 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:28630) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K7HSu-0004Ae-MI; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:09:49 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m5DM9j6A025272; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m5D5CeUB013686; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:09:45 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3694209981213394878; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:07:58 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.3) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:07:58 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87ej713slv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Thread-Index: AcjNoRXYoyX2aoSFSh6lv8+GgHPmCQAAGaeQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:99151 Archived-At: > > I also think the default for face `mode-line' should not be > > boxed (and therefore no reason for `header-line' to override > > this), but that is a different issue. (I have the feeling > > that the boxed mode line came into being just because boxing > > became a new possibility.) > > I think the mode-line is boxed because many people like that > appearance. OK, not a biggee. The other point is more important. (I assume you mean "most". If just "many", that's what customization is for. Many people like dark backgrounds, but that isn't the default.)