From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Cross Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: face at point Date: 19 Nov 2002 16:58:44 +1100 Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87u1ie2j8r.fsf@blind-bat.une.edu.au> References: <87vg2v6crn.fsf@blind-bat.une.edu.au> <87bs4nls2p.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87n0o75sp1.fsf@blind-bat.une.edu.au> <87el9i5y8q.fsf@blind-bat.une.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037685647 13186 80.91.224.249 (19 Nov 2002 06:00:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18E1Qu-0003Pz-00 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:00:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18E1Rm-0006zN-00; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 01:01:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.usyd.edu.au!news.une.edu.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: blind-bat.une.edu.au User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107189 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3743 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3743 Miles Bader writes: > Tim Cross writes: > As Eli said in an earlier message, there is an informal policy to try > to keep the light-background and dark-background variants of a face at > least `similar,' which sometimes complicates things. > > What color do you use for this face? > At present, within Gnus, I'm still using the default, so its still in 'difficult red'. I like the idea of orange, or maybe a lighter red/pink - I do try to stay close to what the defaults are - experience has taught nme that if you change colours too dramatically, you end up conflicting in other areas and having to change yet more fonts, leading to changing more fonts ..... On an even more interesting note was the comments in another part of this thread which points out the function I have been using to determine the type o device I'm on and therefore the type of colours to use is actually from w3 (device0-type). I didn't realise this and now think that although it does the job, its not the best choice to use. Is it OK to just use the window-system variable? I can't remember what the discussion was some time ago that seemed to conclude it was a bad idea. If you are better off not using it, what would be best? ideally, I'd like something that can tell the difference between X, the console and a colour xterm. From my apropos searches, it seems there is quite a few to choose from and can already see how to make a number of alternatives work, but would just like to know how others have approached this and why they chose the method they did. Tim