From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie: Interactive goto-line ?! Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:59:16 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <6654-Fri27Feb2004145915+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <403b2dbe$0$38285$e4fe514c@dreader14.news.xs4all.nl> <874qtgqq9w.fld@barrow.com> <403BBB98.5030506@yahoo.com> <877jycoxo4.fld@barrow.com> <87y8qroejs.fld@barrow.com> <87ptc3nmvq.fld@barrow.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077888244 25492 80.91.224.253 (27 Feb 2004 13:24:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:24:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 27 14:23:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Awhxv-0008DJ-00 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:23:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwhsH-0007B9-SW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:17:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AwhhO-0005LQ-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:06:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AwhgF-00052G-TG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:05:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.18] (helo=bilbo.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Awhb0-0004Pu-Hj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.146.123]) by bilbo.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.4-GR) with ESMTP id CNF20533; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:59:48 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from David Kastrup on 26 Feb 2004 20:28:47 +0100) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17267 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17267 > From: David Kastrup > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: 26 Feb 2004 20:28:47 +0100 > > > > > > I agree. Which begs the question: Why on earth is it turned _off_ > > > by default? > > > > Conservatism. It's a matter of time. > > Ok, we should tackle this, I think. It is something that beginners > complain about all the time, and that the more intelligent persons > will be able to turn off by just clicking the first entry in the > "Options" menu. > > How about if we have a command-line option -bw (and probably also -wb > since many vision-impaired people prefer white on black) that will, > among other things, turn off font-locking? I'd rather suggest that the issue of making global-font-lock-mode on by default be raised on the developers' mailing list each time a new release is about to enter a pretest, until we succeed in convincing The Powers That Be to agree to it. Until now, this was discussed a few times, and you-all know the results...