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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 11f10dc0d0b: Update etc/rgb.txt from X.Org upstream
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:43:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmCC=WS+drfJfQbJWSQi+09S=PeUP3xnL1VCDiGgcTAJA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837cnoqvrb.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Striving for perfect consistency in color names between systems is a
>> pointless exercise, for X servers are given a blank check to modify
>> local colors as they see fit, generally in a crude attempt at color
>> calibration for the system's monitor.

I'm not quite following.  Are you referencing aesthetic differences or
older X server behaviors?  Could you clarify the reason behind
maintaining this difference with X.Org?

> I agree.  I think we should revert that commit,

While I'm not entirely clear on the details, I won't oppose that.
I'm less inclined to dive deep into discussions about older X server
intricacies.



  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-15  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <169731145392.6616.366366221046340825@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <20231014192414.36BEBC09BCA@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org>
2023-10-15  1:10   ` master 11f10dc0d0b: Update etc/rgb.txt from X.Org upstream Po Lu
2023-10-15  5:50     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-15  7:43       ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2023-10-15  7:59         ` Po Lu
2023-10-15  9:38         ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-10-15  7:09     ` Stefan Kangas
2023-10-15  7:41       ` Po Lu
2023-10-16 14:33         ` Stefan Kangas
2023-10-16 23:49           ` Po Lu
2023-10-17  9:24             ` Stefan Kangas
2023-10-17 10:45               ` Po Lu
2023-10-17 11:10               ` Eli Zaretskii

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