From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: header-line and mode-line faces
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:46:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00bd01c8ce3e$3e949c00$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uskvgl482.fsf@gnu.org>
> > I don't think that is a good idea. The default value should
> > just inherit from face `mode-line'.
> I don't see why. Please explain more.
Uh, so you can customize just the mode-line face and have the header-line face
reflect the change.
> > Users should be able to customize face `mode-line' and have face
> > `header-line' follow suite.
>
> Why? they are different faces used for different portions of display.
> They should be different by default so people could easily tell one
> from the other.
They are different faces, and you can also customize them separately.
But header-line inherits from mode-line *today*. Why?
Inheritance provides convenience - these two faces are different, and have
different uses, but they have similarities. It's about convenience. Inheritance
by default never prevents anyone from customizing them separately.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-14 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-13 20:10 header-line and mode-line faces Drew Adams
2008-06-13 21:58 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-13 22:08 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-13 22:15 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-14 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-14 16:46 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2008-06-14 17:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-14 18:23 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-14 18:36 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-14 19:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-14 19:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-14 20:44 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-14 21:40 ` Stefan Monnier
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2008-06-13 20:08 Drew Adams
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