From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Grep and font-lock Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:32:44 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <102F157B-9374-11D8-991C-000D93505B76@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082918068 12186 80.91.224.253 (25 Apr 2004 18:34:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 25 20:34:22 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHoSM-0005KJ-00 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:34:22 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHoSM-0007Iq-00 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:34:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHoS8-00074Z-GT for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:34:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHoRb-0006ZL-4C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:33:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BHoQs-0005ok-4P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHoQr-0005nH-MD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHoQq-00010A-00 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:32:48 +0200 Original-Received: from h21n4c2o273.bredband.skanova.com ([217.208.171.21]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:32:48 +0200 Original-Received: from jas by h21n4c2o273.bredband.skanova.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:32:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h21n4c2o273.bredband.skanova.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CmzKJDkTwm48/NVKatQG/et59Kw= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22133 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22133 Richard Stallman writes: > That being said, I think we should change the default of font-lock to > "on": new users consider it a great and helpful feature and are used > to getting it from their editors and on relying on this sort of syntax > analysis. > > Maybe you are right. What do others think? I think so too. What would a reason for not enabling it by default be? I think today more users find font-lock helpful, compared to those who don't. Monochrome users have been said to dislike font-locking in the past, but perhaps that can be fixed by simply choosing better highlighting for monochrome? I wouldn't think CPU or memory requirements matter.