From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18370.47294.641890.556694@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18371.9275.720477.806834@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2vzltos6g1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <18371.49683.356527.589505@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18377.55334.203888.524043@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <434pbqcaz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <877igjmlx1.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204652400 23490 80.91.229.12 (4 Mar 2008 17:40:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 04 18:40:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWb7f-0001Yd-0A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:40:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWb77-0006RR-PO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:39:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWb5g-0005QC-FV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWb5f-0005Ps-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWb5f-0005Pi-P1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:11 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWb5f-0003b6-L4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:11 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JWb5e-0008Mc-Vm; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:38:11 -0500 In-reply-to: <877igjmlx1.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:27:54 +0200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91301 Archived-At: > 2. If we need both, the name of the one for buttons should be > `mode-line-button' and the one for emphasis should be > `mode-line-highlight'. `mode-line-highlight' servers the same purpose as its counterpart `highlight' that historically is used to temporarily highlight text during mouse-overs. They do not seem similar to me. `highlight' is used for highlighting text that is always present, and could be used on any text. My understanding is that `mode-line-highlight' is proposed for use on a particular notice that will never appear without that. Since now Richard argued even for using no mode line indication at all, bold doesn't seem too bad. It is not strong and still helps to notice the status of the vc command. I am not arguing strongly against it. Sometimes it is worth making a new face. I just want people not to do this hastily.