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, 4 Mar 2008 10:23:37 +1300 Message-ID: <18380.27737.625118.327783@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> <18371.49683.356527.589505@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18377.55334.203888.524043@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <434pbqcaz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k5kljhik.fsf@jurta.org> <200803031713.m23HDD4n019165@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> 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 1204580612 17448 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 21:43:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:43:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Glenn Morris , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 03 22:43:57 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 1JWIRp-0003aw-7g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:43:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRI-0003FA-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRF-0003Ej-78 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRD-0003D9-Ky for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWIRD-0003D6-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:11 -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 1JWIR9-0002ZW-5C; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:07 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (1.31.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.31.1]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 125323DAACB; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:23:51 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA9868FC6D; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:23:38 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <200803031713.m23HDD4n019165@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.60.30 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:91231 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Glenn Morris writes: > > > Juri Linkov wrote: > > > > > On the mode line there are already places where text is emphasized: buffer > > > names are displayed in bold (bold is also often used to make *emphasis* in > > > printed materials). Isn't bold strong enough to emphasize the "[waiting...]" > > > string? Then we could add a new general bold face `mode-line-emphasis' > > > and change `mode-line-buffer-id' to inherit from it. > > > > I'd have no problem with the default emphasis face being bold. > > If it's just bold and no other colors, then it's not a good idea. For > some fonts the bold form is not easy to distinguish from the normal > one. More, bold is hard to see with the peripheral vision, so changes > in the mode-line are harder to observe. For now, I suggest we just go with Juri's idea. I'm sure it's no good for users with tunnel vision and without bold fonts, but it seems an improvement and probably covers most users. Later, if the need arises, someone can build a framework of faces that work on the mode-line. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob