From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 15427@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15427: 24.3.50; `customize-face' in Customize, show `Background' attribute using background
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:47:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zmymfjj.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1bf3xsi.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:36:13 -0700")
>> emacs -Q
>> M-x customize-face lazy-highlight
>>
>> Attribute `Background' has its own `sample', which shows the color.
>> But it shows the color as a foreground (text). Show it as the
>> background, instead.
>>
>> This is independent of the overall `sample' for the face as a whole.
>> It's just more helpful to show the background color choice as a
>> background.
>
> There's a whole bunch of things that can have a colour when customising
> a face -- like stipple background/foreground, overline, etc. I don't
> know whether it makes sense to special-case just the (main) background
> colour... but perhaps that does make sense, because it's a pretty
> common thing to customise. And showing the colour as a background
> colour would give a more correct impressions.
Using background colors is more helpful for users. Please see also
bug#33799 (set-foreground-color completion shows background colors).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-15 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-20 17:04 bug#15427: 24.3.50; `customize-face' in Customize, show `Background' attribute using background Drew Adams
2019-08-15 3:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-15 4:44 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-15 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-15 18:47 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2019-08-15 23:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-16 0:06 ` Drew Adams
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