From: despen@verizon.net
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Naming new GUI colors?
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:28:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <icsk39aicm.fsf@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87d3ud3o6n.fsf@lifelogs.com
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:55:54 -0400 despen@verizon.net wrote:
>
> d> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>> That seems like a pretty bad limitation, especially where English is not
>>> spoken. Emacs should at least allow naming colors (as opposed to faces)
>>> IMHO.
>
> d> I think it would be ridiculous for Emacs to go on a color naming spree.
>
> This is a user facility (like defface). Emacs only has to provide a
> get/set/list API. Emacs will not define new colors (or if it does,
> that's a separate discussion).
Still not convinced Emacs has a "bad" limitation.
User defined colors (if actually useful) should be defined outside
Emacs. Emacs is not the only application using colors.
> d> There is already a number of lists of standard color names.
> d> There's one for X11, there's one for html, I'm sure there are lots more.
>
> Yes, but none of them have "my favorite red for alerts" which is what a
> user would define (in their native language).
The purpose of the color should not be confused with the name of the
color.
(set-face-foreground 'alert-face "PaleVioletRed")
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-23 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-20 8:59 Naming new GUI colors? Elena
2010-07-20 22:10 ` Tim X
2010-07-21 11:26 ` Elena
2010-07-22 18:12 ` Giacomo Boffi
2010-07-23 15:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-23 16:55 ` despen
2010-07-23 21:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-23 23:28 ` despen [this message]
2010-07-24 8:12 ` Giacomo Boffi
2010-07-24 0:01 ` Tim X
2010-07-26 13:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-26 13:50 ` despen
2010-07-26 19:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-27 14:58 ` Giacomo Boffi
2010-07-27 23:28 ` despen
2010-07-28 13:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-23 23:50 ` Tim X
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