From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: macos.texi updated Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:22:37 +0100 Message-ID: <754D8F34-74C3-4337-B7DC-82A7F3C25EA0@gmail.com> References: <8C0A68AE-EF12-4D6C-9879-D0FF3B04DE1B@mac.com> <87r7bhw2o8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <991DC775-381E-4B96-BBC6-B3701CCD6EAD@cogsci.ucsd.edu> <3158D814-131C-469F-9DCF-3E678AC27957@cogsci.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129051542 7001 80.91.229.2 (11 Oct 2005 17:25:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Adrian Robert , Emacs-Devel ' Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 11 19:25:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EPNqD-0004OG-6d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:23:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EPNqC-0004n8-Kt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:23:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EPNpq-0004jq-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:22:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EPNpp-0004j7-38 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:22:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EPNpo-0004j2-U2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:22:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.206] (helo=xproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EPNpo-0005Fm-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:22:41 -0400 Original-Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so597406wxc for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=hDyb5h1VT9cT/Uy7XO8kl8knRttzEfVVs/qFQKJrRGLoUykZhyFqzkPHobnMs5I5YhockC9AQVWQIFAez2Do7Ce4qujb/Qt9i630ob+uLG6ift/4sv2ZEuNIq/derbd+6j8gawQc5ucN/50ZYwuF4ybn7FmpyWRV2NCx+0KwKhM= Original-Received: by 10.70.129.18 with SMTP id b18mr1978962wxd; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?10.0.0.60? ( [82.13.19.30]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i38sm196828wxd.2005.10.11.10.22.38; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:22:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) 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:43884 Archived-At: On 11 Oct 2005, at 15:44, Richard M. Stallman wrote: > > > .default { > font-family: courier; > font-size: 13pt; > font-weight: bold; > font-style: italic; > } > > I don't think that is useful in an Emacs context. > It is no easier to type, no more concise, than a list > of face attributes in Lisp syntax. Where would we possibly > want to use it? Nowhere indeed. Normal lists will do the job, and they are better and easier to handle than the strings used now. To do something to make the whole thing more usable, one can simply ensure that on each operating system the local standard font selection user interface is used. All systems offer some standard dialog to do that, and it would be a good idea if users can specify the lists with attributes in customization buffers as well, with the right widget.