From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16974: 24.3.50; [Wishlist] Feature to automatically adjust foreground/background colours when contrast below some threshold Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:52:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8761nnl6yd.fsf@moondust.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394419993 22985 80.91.229.3 (10 Mar 2014 02:53:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:53:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16974@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 10 03:53:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqLA-00021j-Ev for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 03:53:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46474 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqLA-0001P4-15 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:53:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKz-0001Os-Iv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:53:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKs-0003ni-9f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57381) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKs-0003ne-6x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKr-0000y0-OJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16974 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16974-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16974.13944199543661 (code B ref 16974); Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16974) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Mar 2014 02:52:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58563 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKP-0000wy-NI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:52:34 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:31213) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WMqKM-0000wn-SS for 16974@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:52:31 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFMCppy/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0BwsUGA2IQgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFMCppy/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0BwsUGA2IQgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="50962564" Original-Received: from 76-10-154-114.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.154.114]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 09 Mar 2014 22:52:29 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7A168660A5; Sun, 9 Mar 2014 22:52:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8761nnl6yd.fsf@moondust.localdomain> (N. Jackson's message of "Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:36:42 -0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:86702 Archived-At: > Such a feature was proposed (and, IIUC, prototyped) in the discussion of > the bizarrely named :distant-foreground face attribute on the > emacs-devel list around the 7th of January (2014). There it met with the > objection that nothing should ever override any of a user's > settings. However, if the user wants their settings overridden in certain > circumcstances, then it seems unreasonable to deny them that. Agreed. I think the way to fix this is: - Add some hook in the C code that "realizes" faces so that Lisp code can tweak the result. - Write a new package which uses this hook to get the above result. Stefan