From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:29:05 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87hcfme106.fsf@jurta.org> References: <18370.47294.641890.556694@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18371.9275.720477.806834@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2vzltos6g1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <18371.49683.356527.589505@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18377.55334.203888.524043@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <434pbqcaz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <877igjmlx1.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204659483 20167 80.91.229.12 (4 Mar 2008 19:38:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:38:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 04 20:38:26 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWcxw-0007NZ-6x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:38:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWcxP-0001t2-1B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWcxL-0001st-FW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWcxI-0001r3-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWcxI-0001qr-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:40 -0500 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWcxA-0006Nd-Ra; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JWcx8-000AMn-3d; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:37:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:10 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 88f972a75cd389d721acc69b695bb680 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2355 [Mar 4 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 11 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:91309 Archived-At: > > 2. If we need both, the name of the one for buttons should be > > `mode-line-button' and the one for emphasis should be > > `mode-line-highlight'. > > `mode-line-highlight' servers the same purpose as its counterpart > `highlight' that historically is used to temporarily highlight text > during mouse-overs. > > They do not seem similar to me. `highlight' is used for highlighting > text that is always present, and could be used on any text. `mode-line-highlight' is currently used for the same purposes on the mode line - for highlighting text that is always present on the mode line. > My understanding is that `mode-line-highlight' is proposed for use on > a particular notice that will never appear without that. It seems no one proposes using `mode-line-highlight' on a particular notice on the mode line. On the contrary, a new face was proposed to use for such notices that will never appear without that. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/