From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CUA mode cursor color Date: 14 May 2002 14:52:04 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5xn0v37q9s.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1021356379 4048 127.0.0.1 (14 May 2002 06:06:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 06:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 177VRz-00013B-00 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 08:06:19 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 177Vct-0004Os-00 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 08:17:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 177VS5-0006Qx-00; Tue, 14 May 2002 02:06:25 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 177VEH-00059l-00; Tue, 14 May 2002 01:52:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g4E5q7V12190; Tue, 14 May 2002 14:52:07 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g4E5q5R01693; Tue, 14 May 2002 14:52:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g4E5q3801409; Tue, 14 May 2002 14:52:04 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g4E5q4K24533; Tue, 14 May 2002 14:52:04 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 89D6D37C8; Tue, 14 May 2002 14:52:04 +0900 (JST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <5xn0v37q9s.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Original-Lines: 22 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:3904 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3904 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > - the rectangle code uses different cursor colors to indicate padding > on/off. > > - the cursor color and blink frequency changes when the global mark is > active. I gotta say, putting so many different meanings onto cursor-color seems pretty cryptic... > Personally, I found it difficult to separate this from a general > control of the cursor color based on insert/overwrite/read-only > status. Well, as you say below, a separate mode could provide hooks that other modes could call to attach their own colors too (though I'd tend to discourage this in all but the most obvious cases). -Miles -- P.S. All information contained in the above letter is false, for reasons of military security.