From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2454: 23.0.90; Colored Compilation Status is hard on the eyes Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:04:09 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87wsbfha9y.fsf@jurta.org> References: <200902240231.n1O2VhH3007810@rodan.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Juri Linkov , 2454@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235507037 30106 80.91.229.12 (24 Feb 2009 20:23:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Dan Nicolaescu' , 2454@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Jared Finder Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 24 21:25:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lc3q2-0006hj-VO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:25:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53262 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc3oi-0007dK-5c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc3oc-0007am-6M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc3oa-0007Xl-5u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45482 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc3oa-0007XW-2J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:43926) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lc3oZ-0003GU-H7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1OKNbrg005863; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:23:37 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1OKF2dM003538; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:15:02 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Juri Linkov Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2454 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2454-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2454.12355060612249 (code B ref 2454); Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2454) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 24 Feb 2009 20:07:41 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com (relay01.kiev.sovam.com [62.64.120.200]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1OK7b8b002243 for <2454@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:07:39 -0800 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lc3Z1-000M7T-Of; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:07:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Jared Finder's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:10:49 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 8abf2c83e696415c40c55866f9369f42 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:23:41 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:25669 Archived-At: > Sure. > > I'm referring to the color used by the compilation status in the mode > line (one of :exit[0], :exit[SOMETHING ELSE], or :run). The orange > and green used here hurt. The red is passable, but still not good. > > I believe the mode-line and mode-line inactive faces contribute the > background color and compilation-error, compilation-warning, and > compilation-info contribute the foreground color. The problem is that > they don't contrast well with the mode-line's default bg colors. > Orange on Gray75 hurts my eyes, as does Green3 on Gray75, or Red1 > on Gray75. > > I'd suggest using darker foreground colors, so they don't hurt > my eyes. Or maybe using a light background (white) for these messages in the mode-line, i.e. to use exacly the same default foreground/background they currently have in a compilation/grep buffer. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/