From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Turning off colorization Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:23:16 +0100 Message-ID: References: <874muenb56.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87egtivwop.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k33951ey.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415190253 23465 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2014 12:24:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:24:13 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 05 13:24:07 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Xlzd4-0001Vd-CY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:24:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46014 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xlzd3-0007mV-W5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38800) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xlzck-0007mD-0X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:23:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xlzce-00041V-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:36233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xlzce-00041F-FT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:23:36 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XlzcL-00044y-DQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:23:17 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEXnAWOm+cOT0KnmBXH2 EH26513wA3b2FoH0AEC/aVfzAEL2Cnx+ebeOAAACZUlEQVQ4jV2UsWvbQBTGD2ycQdMdGOPxtBi3 y1FBQsniwXTJpFJRu10MKVo0uaWIoq1QkL3FRdhKltAhtOmStq6O8P65vvdOkk0ftjj5d9/73nt3 WDxcBl7HmEAI0TlPFpciOBFBEJyJh8WpZ4zpeEg84VamYxCIoCdMT1B0hRELAicmFRX8CU4nyan5 URbzrehOgm5wfvbhTADAHqaieowoXk9h0gWbpikBgMldUjCI3kz30xa8w6+N6sgupgAEeg/iAsHH Brza7wEym4r8nkS2mOX5qkQwp9SkyO89zpRzIMpaQJns3IH8S3QDzvy+S9rHWQ1WLbhl8PcA3nKm FAdEYNmAnBRH4P1u1YCsBj+TKgHQWOiOCi5bhQdJBaCoNzSIopdPaxCTAPoE5vQIRw0gCyvx1zAM +8UB8HQtK6KQHo3HixrMyuI6mpdFtOX+UlctgTzaFQRujgGgxyrCQRVRP/sPYFEI0KcBCQNdUoPU h87Yuy4XgRthWcqs7SNB0XLcTBeBdWfOnbfgMynsYSTLYQ02LfAqGu9yuHPgqvW4RQkCdQzcmUMc VwzW5XW+0rK5Jeu4qmIEdb16CI0ijrGVpayBHLRggQL4JcudK2qYNqBHit9yXAMkWV0VcCoHrqSU g7QtFz7JIyC3DO7iOLEaM5D7KiSgnKJHifCNgSYgR3wTe4nltzFXyzFkIMxzhRuV+k4WuMIPT9eI Z8qXvq+erPON72sf4ysd7UJspC+VrzAXbkAg1cgdrXOUcldbsAn+M1je5is9/kZptGITvCVWKgRa an+jFe+gHkWJF6OJsF0N0n/AjeHrf9VAwwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: David Bowie's _Hallo Spaceboy_: "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie Mix)" X-Hashcash: 1:23:141105:emacs-devel@gnu.org::t6+k0WozZbmAabwo:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000027B9 In-Reply-To: <87k33951ey.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:31:33 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1XlzcL-00044y-DQ MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1415794997.69745@2CPDntT9mRJ/VJv/k8JwKQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176395 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > So maybe Emacs could offer a way to turn off colors without turning off > syntax highlighting, at least in SHR. I think it would be generally > useful, but don't know if and how it could work generally. Yeah. It seems like whenever somebody asks for stuff in this area, it's always "make all those colours go away", not "make syntax highlighting stop". For instance, I would assume that people would still want links in eww to be underlined even if nothing colourful happens. So perhaps Emacs just needs another general setting here? `color-mode' (or something). If that (buffer-local) variable is nil, redisplay would simply ignore all foreground/background colour specs. This isn't really about syntax highlighting, but about how some people prefer monochrome buffers, I think. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no