From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
Cc: 64725@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64725: 30.0.50; set-face-foreground shows background colors
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:44:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83351k5aw5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2o7k8ml7s.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Helmut Eller on Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:09:11 +0200)
> From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:09:11 +0200
>
> When I try to set the foreground color of a face, e.g. with:
>
> M-x set-face-foreground RET font-lock-string-face RET
>
> and then press TAB to see the available colors, then Emacs displays the
> list of colors as background with text in the default foreground.
>
> It would be more useful to see the text with the candidate color as
> foreground on the default background.
Why not use the actual foreground of the face being customized? Then
the user could see whether the background color being selected will
have good contrast (or just look well) with the face's foreground.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-19 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-19 7:09 bug#64725: 30.0.50; set-face-foreground shows background colors Helmut Eller
2023-07-19 12:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-07-19 15:45 ` Helmut Eller
2023-07-19 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-20 14:34 ` Helmut Eller
2023-08-03 7:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
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