From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:38:59 +1300 Message-ID: <18371.49683.356527.589505@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <18370.47294.641890.556694@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18371.9275.720477.806834@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2vzltos6g1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> 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 1204011573 28576 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2008 07:39:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 26 08:39:57 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 1JTuPr-0003vU-Ii for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:39:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTuPL-00016t-LY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTuPH-00016R-Nm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:39:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTuPG-00015i-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:39:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTuPG-00015Z-3F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:39:18 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTuPB-0003Xi-L0; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (25.30.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.30.25]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14BD33DA1B7; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:39:09 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C88DA8FC6D; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:39:00 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <2vzltos6g1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.60.22 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:90489 Archived-At: > > > ! (propertize " [waiting...]" > > > ! 'face 'font-lock-variable-name-face > > I much prefer your wording. > > With regards to the face, any chance of a new one? I know this is what > people always say, and that for some reason creating new faces is > sometimes frowned upon. The practical reason is, the mode-line often > has a different background colour to the main buffer, so a font-lock > face customized to look good in the buffer may look poor on the > mode-line. Eg for me, font-lock-warning-face is practically invisible > in the mode-line. I don't know enough to suggest a better one. Perhaps someone else can. I just selected a quiet font-lock face, as font-lock faces are always available. On a related note, I think that adding colour to the mode-line of the already psychedelic compilation buffer means ironically that the plain text starts to stand out. Bright colours only draw attention to a part of the screen if they are used in moderation. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob