From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:13:13 -0800 Message-ID: <200803031713.m23HDD4n019165@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204564508 14840 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 17:15:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 03 18:15:31 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 1JWEG6-0002vJ-4O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:15:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWEFY-0008Bn-N7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWEFU-0008BW-B5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWEFR-0008BA-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWEFR-0008B7-8W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:45 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWEFM-0001td-7C; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:41 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1205169195.3321@x1bUnq0jIQ5PZ5uGZFwF3Q Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m23HDD4n019165; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:13:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:57:03 -0500") Original-Lines: 16 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:91191 Archived-At: 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.