From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Naming new GUI colors? Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:33:35 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87vd821i6o.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <1f9d43c5-e83f-47f8-bbed-15f0f96944b2@l14g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <871vaxn6tg.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> <87y6d22obz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87d3ud3o6n.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bp9xn3xi.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291851781 12517 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 23:43:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:43:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 00:42:57 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQTey-00015a-Je for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:42:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40318 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQTYc-0006F8-7D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:36:22 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.wiretrip.org!news2.arglkargh.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net molbsKVg9v3eWAHKhmCn85mlfTspcdC6RAzmdbmA1EkV9YiYrC/172FXLLxapSplPW0sS7jTWLoLTF4TcAj7QiBjezEwxVpdunzBxiPJwt/X1SXksAnZsmIZHOOBmvpL Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:33:38 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: zfqpDZ1GqrPK3TStKpQCNjHedvPHyKPnnaFU1Vph41c= X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Cancel-Lock: sha1:OxJDAHCfCNrABrRrDUIOxq6QgSI= sha1:ckEZwm75qaBsskmyu+la2q0ziW4= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: uSPK+7ZWcJCdt2tna2QgX6gJu4RVsVHY/dkLDfZSKZ4= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:180069 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:76217 Archived-At: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:01:29 +1000 Tim X wrote: TX> You can define any colour you want using the existing mechanism by using TX> the # hex notation. You are not restricted to just using the 'named' TX> colours. Most users don't speak hex. I don't want to parse hex every time I look at my face definitions. TX> It would be impossible to define a list of colours with 'spoken' names TX> that was acceptable to everyone. Your favorite red is not mine. That's the point! Users should be able to define their own favorite colors! Emacs only has to provide a way to do it! TX> So emacs provides the ability to use the names that are defined, but TX> also allows you to use the hex rgb names should you want to define TX> he colour slightly differently to what is in the rgb database. None of that will change, but again you're not saying anything to convince me we don't need custom names. TX> you can get that warm fuzzy feeling o having become a contributor! I've had that feeling before and it lasts until the first bug report :) On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:28:25 -0400 despen@verizon.net wrote: d> The purpose of the color should not be confused with the name of the d> color. Colors have no purpose in Emacs, generally speaking. Faces are what actually gets used and has a purpose. So custom color names are really a way to make defining faces easier and more readable. Ted