From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'David Koppelman' <koppel@ece.lsu.edu>, 13686@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13686: hi-yellow vs. hi-lock-1
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:34:05 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sj48xsd6.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <60B13E9C42E44045B2EB9A043B959C4D@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:38:03 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > Oh, but you said that "hi-yellow is for highlighting...in
>> > yellow". In that case, it is not also about using other face
>> > attributes. Time to choose.
>>
>> `hi-yellow' is an example of a face that is immutable. It is
>> defconstface, so to speak.
>
> As I said before, and at the very beginning as well, I believe: if it were in
> fact constant then such a name might be apt.
From the "I-want-colors" camp, I am hearing that by Yellow it is not
yellow per-se but some variation of yellow.
The definition of Yellow is so broad that it will go to the extent of
embracing face with a yellow background or even a reverse video of it.
Visually speaking, you will see Yellow - a light one or a bright one, in
either foreground or background etc. Where yellow occurs is not
guaranteed, but you will get yellow.
> Is it in fact immutable? I didn't think so, and I see nothing in the code that
> prevents changing it. On the contrary, it seems to be a normal, customizable
> face.
>
> And that's the point. `hi-yellow' is not a great name for a customizable face.
>
> (And if it were truly immutable then there would be more that is constant about
> it than just its yellow color. Whether the name should then reflect only
> "yellow" could be based on whether the color were the most important constant
> attribute.)
>
> If you really want an immutable face with some yellow attribute(s), then enforce
> that in the code. If you instead define a normal face (i.e., customizable,
> with no restrictions) then don't confuse users by calling it "yellow" - because
> it's not.
>
> Just one opinion, of course.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-06 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-11 6:14 bug#13686: 24.3.50; Re-look hi-lock-face-defaults (aka Provide more "core" faces for highlighting) Jambunathan K
2013-02-15 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-15 18:29 ` David Koppelman
2013-02-15 20:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-26 23:11 ` bug#13686: hi-yellow vs. hi-lock-1 David Koppelman
2013-02-27 0:33 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 1:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-27 3:59 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 4:58 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 5:10 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 5:38 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 5:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 6:01 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 23:45 ` Juri Linkov
2013-03-06 18:43 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-06 19:54 ` David Koppelman
2013-03-07 9:16 ` Juri Linkov
2013-03-06 19:04 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2013-02-27 3:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 13:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-27 14:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 16:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-06 18:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-06 19:55 ` David Koppelman
2013-03-06 20:06 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-07 0:54 ` David Koppelman
2013-03-07 3:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-09 1:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-09 2:47 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-09 3:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-08 5:31 ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 4:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 18:33 ` David Koppelman
2013-04-11 4:24 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 3:36 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 4:08 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-15 4:45 ` bug#13686: 24.3.50; Re-look hi-lock-face-defaults (aka Provide more "core" faces for highlighting) Jambunathan K
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