From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: About the :distant-foreground face attribute Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:14:00 +0100 Message-ID: <871u0dwiyv.fsf@engster.org> References: <87bnzo9cja.fsf@gnu.org> <59B7E7FC-48D0-4737-B1BB-FFAC5BA9E07A@swipnet.se> <874n5f3162.fsf@gnu.org> <83fvozf86g.fsf@gnu.org> <87r48javwe.fsf@gnu.org> <83bnzmfjxe.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnzlyvwb.fsf@gnu.org> <83wqi9cakl.fsf@gnu.org> <87zjn5584t.fsf@gnu.org> <8738kwydon.fsf@engster.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389525278 3365 80.91.229.3 (12 Jan 2014 11:14:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:14:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , jan.h.d@swipnet.se, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 12 12:14:42 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W2J02-0003Ot-Ii for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:14:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37297 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2J02-00064o-4a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:14:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2Izt-00060a-Bm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:14:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2Izi-00043a-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:14:29 -0500 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([5.45.97.173]:42484) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2Izi-00042B-Hs; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:14:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=rsf/vdEvWUqXjyrcozAwwcl/BRvGF+f47gzxwcPgDnQ=; b=ff0rHJuHgFV19dswH19EzynzjnuScxK1rlybSAgsOjej9sQOumhIkT3hYgJhugsMVMt3NLdWLQcrHrrJ2rG7/AUn9djg8VG8UuLJUC1f0XK5z/pgGydFJ1OGcdoLTQyd; Original-Received: from dslc-082-083-037-052.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.83.37.52] helo=spaten) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W2IzV-0002N1-CU; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:14:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8738kwydon.fsf@engster.org> (David Engster's message of "Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:48:24 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: Chong Yidong , Eli Zaretskii , jan.h.d@swipnet.se, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 5.45.97.173 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:168168 Archived-At: David Engster writes: > I'm wondering: We already can set different face attributes depending on > DISPLAY's 'background' property, which can be 'light' or 'dark'. Say the > user is working with a 'dark' background by default, but we now detect > that one of the font-lock faces has not enough contrast when highlighted > by the region: why not simply switch to the face that is defined for > 'light' background instead? Hey look, a tumbleweed! I'm assuming everybody's simply stunned by my ingenious proposal? (;-), etc.) -David