From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: Re: Dashes in mode-line
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:14 -0400
Message-ID: <E1P8DDe-0002vu-2J@fencepost.gnu.org>
References: <sa3eibn4o8b.fsf@cigue.easter-eggs.fr>
	<E1P7r4Q-0000K9-Rm@fencepost.gnu.org>
	<AANLkTi=DcPU+suJ7nAgGi=qnM417mUJ8wFSLM=mqMuG_@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org
X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287499089 11452 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2010 14:38:09 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:38:09 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: julien@danjou.info, emacs-devel@gnu.org
To: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 19 16:38:06 2010
Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
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 4.69)
	(envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1P8DKG-00058h-CP
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:38:04 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51171 helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1P8DDu-0007oB-Qc
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:30 -0400
Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36828 helo=eggs.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P8DDg-0007lR-0z
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:17 -0400
Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>) id 1P8DDf-0004mW-0D
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:15 -0400
Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:45067)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>)
	id 1P8DDe-0004mR-TH
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:14 -0400
Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <eliz@gnu.org>)
	id 1P8DDe-0002vu-2J; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:31:14 -0400
In-reply-to: <AANLkTi=DcPU+suJ7nAgGi=qnM417mUJ8wFSLM=mqMuG_@mail.gmail.com>
	(message from Deniz Dogan on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:49:17 +0200)
X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3)
X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=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:131838
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/131838>

> From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:49:17 +0200
> Cc: Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Why is it drastic to do this in a TTY?

Because, depending on the screen colors, the mode line may not stand
out well enough without the dashes.  TTYs lack the 3D appearance of
the mode line we have in GUI sessions; they need something to replace
that.