From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs/lisp ChangeLog font-lock.el Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:09:18 +0100 Organization: University of Cambridge Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249920791 14641 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 16:13:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:13:11 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 18:13:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MaXUc-0001mu-7C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:13:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42636 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaXUb-0007tn-8C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:13:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaXRL-00064u-HP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaXRG-000627-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:09:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50547 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaXRF-00061z-BJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:38163 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaXRE-0005Ft-5V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MaXRB-0000kB-2Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:09:29 +0000 Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:09:29 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:09:29 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:e3ReGpnIufDJg5+0j+KMv1zh/I8= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113976 Archived-At: On 2009-08-10 16:30 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> This change seems to be pretty bad. see this attached screenshot. > > Please explain what you don't like about it. To me it looks like a > good example of why this change was made: the new colors have more > contrast and make it easier to read the text even in low-contrast > situations (e.g. when you're trying to minimize battery use). Do you mean running on battery for laptops? I only test the colours on a Macbook. > Yes, it makes it more difficult to distinguish the different colors > used for different parts of the text. But since font-lock is enabled > by default, the most important aspect is that the text be legible. If > you want more contrast, then you'll need/want to customize the colors. I find the string and keyword colors look too alike. > Stefan "who still thinks the exlcusive use of colors in > font-lock faces is a big mistake. Bold and italics > give us a lot more room to maneuver, why not use them?" -- Leo's Emacs uptime: 6 days, 15 hours, 56 minutes, 29 seconds