From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Koppelman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13686: hi-yellow vs. hi-lock-1 Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:54:54 -0600 Message-ID: References: <878v6vidh7.fsf@gmail.com> <7BC00EAA1AF8466D8F9C17B3CA4E82B8@us.oracle.com> <87bob65sbw.fsf@gmail.com> <87wqtkxspi.fsf@gmail.com> <87k3pkz411.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1362617740 25124 80.91.229.3 (7 Mar 2013 00:55:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13686@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 07 01:56:02 2013 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 1UDP7p-0000EK-0q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:56:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56193 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7T-0006oQ-5v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33642) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7P-0006oH-18 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7N-0006pC-I5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:34 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59067) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7N-0006p7-Er for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7p-0005ws-NY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:56:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: David Koppelman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:56:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13686 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13686-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13686.136261773222823 (code B ref 13686); Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13686) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2013 00:55:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34943 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7M-0005w3-BM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu ([130.39.16.10]:46139) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDP7I-0005vi-TZ for 13686@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:55:31 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8084128093; Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:54:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ece.lsu.edu Original-Received: from ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eeJnNgMW2zt0; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:54:54 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sky.ece.lsu.edu (sky.ece.lsu.edu [130.39.96.14]) by ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E0C28091; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:54:54 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <87k3pkz411.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:36:50 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.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:72184 Archived-At: Jambunathan K writes: > > I gave a code snippet at the end of the mail. If you had looked at it, > you will realize that I have done nothing which changes the status quo > but I have done eveything to accommodate my requirements. I am the > proposer, right? I'm sorry, I was responding more to past comments than the specific message I was replying to. > Please provide specific feedback on the snippet rather than registering > a broad objection. I have made an effort to understand the > "I-want-color" camp and I have also openly acknowledged that the > "I-want-color" camp have valid and sensible arguments. So, the goal of hi-lock-face-regexp is to select a set of fonts. I guess the custom interface would expose simple options to the user, for example, "Fixed Colors", "Theme Colors", and for each option the appropriate regexp would be assigned. Is that right? In that case, why not have a variable hi-lock-use-theme-colors and use that to select either the current default list, or one with generic names. That said, I still believe the user should see the color that will be applied, and that this be accomplished without undue complexity.