From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Vaidheeswaran C <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com>
Cc: 20721@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20721: 25.0.50; Review default settings of Info-quoted face (Requires > texinfo-5 ???)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:21:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd21e9js4.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <867frmu07s.fsf@gmail.com> (Vaidheeswaran C.'s message of "Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:21:35 +0530")
> 1. Recommend that newer Emacs be compiled with texinfo-5. (Please
IIUC many people prefer the other option. Like all bikeshedding
subjects, this is a very hot topic, so I think we're better off keeping
away from this and let people use whatever they prefer.
But, AFAIK, it takes special efforts to keep using Texinfo-4. And for
example, the manuals of `emacs24' in Debian have been generated with
Texinfo-5, so I think it's already the case that Texinfo-5 is what is
used by default.
> 2. Change the default value of Info-quoted in following ways:
> a) __inherit__ from a face like `font-lock-function-name-face'.
> b) Reconsider the use of courier family. When there is surfeit of
> courier faces, I find that the Info buffer visually disconcerting.
> I __guess__ that the courier face used is Courier 10 Pitch. See output
> of 'fc-list :family' at the end of the mail.
As explained earlier, the use of "courier" is intended to match the
`verbatim' environment style of LaTeX with a "teletype-style" font.
> Screenshot: http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/info-mode-font-lock-keywordswithcourierface.php
[ BTW: it's even better to include such images directly in your email. ]
It looks OK to me, except for the fact that it seems to be using
a courier font that is not anti-aliased (i.e. it's probably a bitmap font).
Do you have another monospaced font with serifs on your system that you
could recommend instead?
> I want the Info buffer to be colorized, so that I have enough visual
> clues to skim it quickly. (2a) will ensure colorization.
I find such coloring jarring, but it's probably just me. So if you can
find a coloring that is agreeable to other people, I can live with it.
> 3. Info-quoted should be lower-cased, I think
Thanks.
Indeed, not sure what I used a capital in the first place.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-02 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-02 5:51 bug#20721: 25.0.50; Review default settings of Info-quoted face (Requires > texinfo-5 ???) Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-02 16:21 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-06-06 2:19 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-08 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-13 3:21 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-02 16:30 ` Drew Adams
2015-06-06 5:12 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-06 6:31 ` Vaidheeswaran C
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