From: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
To: Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>
Cc: 44689@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: bug#44689: 28.0.50; Use appropriate face for Flymake unknown backend
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:29:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALDnm52NBw7XPJf--zThjYY1xk=5iZwEYQMOH8HVRdVtsTLSeg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y2izxl2c.fsf@protesilaos.com>
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 05:58 Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>
wrote:
> On 2020-11-17, 16:30 +0000, João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> just to point out that the "?" is easy to get.
> >>
> >> On 'emacs -Q':
> >>
> >> (require 'flymake)
> >> (setq flymake-start-on-flymake-mode nil)
> >>
> >> Now visit an '*.el' file. Activate 'flymake-mode' and check the
> >> modeline.
> >
> > Indeed, that's not a misconfiguration. But I'd say it's an edge case:
> > normally one does want to start checking when enabling flymake, I just
> > kept that option there for backward compatibility. I personally see no
> > use for it, do you?
>
> The fact that the option exists means that some people might be using
> it. Is there any immediate downside to keeping it around? Personally,
> I am fine with any decision you may take and agree that it is not what
> one would normally expect when activating 'flycheck-mode'.
>
> What I wanted to suggest when I opened this issue is merely this: if
> this "edge case" option remains present, please consider reviewing the
> face it uses (with 'mode-line-emphasis' being more appropriate than
> 'mode-line').
>
Yes, I am totally fine with changing the face, or using some other
character to indicate this situation. I just don't see it as super priority
because it's an odd setting to have, in my opinion, but patches welcome.
João
>
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-16 17:17 bug#44689: 28.0.50; Use appropriate face for Flymake unknown backend Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-16 22:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-17 5:38 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-17 9:20 ` João Távora
2020-11-17 9:47 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-17 16:30 ` João Távora
2020-11-18 5:58 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-18 8:29 ` João Távora [this message]
2020-11-24 5:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-24 5:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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