From: David Koppelman <koppel@ece.lsu.edu>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: 13686@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13686: hi-yellow vs. hi-lock-1
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:55:28 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yg5sj48b8wf.fsf@sky.ece.lsu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wqtkxspi.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:26:41 +0530")
> From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
>
> Let's focus on core, themable faces. How many you want in what prefix
> or file. I propose that these faces be named opaquely as
> hi-lock-N
> highlight-N
> font-lock-user-N
> font-lock-highlight-N
> font-lock-extra-face-N
I object to using cryptic names for faces. The user should see a
recognizable color name for the default hi-lock faces, and should be
able to pick any face he or she likes. Hi-lock currently does this. I
know that this can be achieved using face names such as hi-lock-1 by
extracting a color from a face definition (if necessary, mapping an
RGB triple to a name), but this is an unnecessary complication. As I
see it, the only things that will be achieved are providing for
themability and abiding by a convention that some interpret as a
separation of face attributes from face names.
I still don't understand why themability is so important for someone
who wants to quickly highlight things for their own purposes. This is
not the same as having a face reserved for errors, warnings, etc.
As for the convention of not naming or otherwise linking a face with
particular attributes (as some may interpret it), either it doesn't
apply here, or if it does, it's a good place to ignore it. I've argued
before that it does not apply because as most agree faces should be
defined for a particular purpose rather than for appearance, such as
for highlighting variable names. The face hi-yellow has a purpose:
highlight something with a background of yellow. It is named
appropriately and its attributes are so set. If there is a rule
somewhere which clearly states that this is not allowed, then that
rule should be broken in this case.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-06 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-11 6:14 bug#13686: 24.3.50; Re-look hi-lock-face-defaults (aka Provide more "core" faces for highlighting) Jambunathan K
2013-02-15 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-15 18:29 ` David Koppelman
2013-02-15 20:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-26 23:11 ` bug#13686: hi-yellow vs. hi-lock-1 David Koppelman
2013-02-27 0:33 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 1:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-27 3:59 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 4:58 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 5:10 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 5:38 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 5:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 6:01 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-27 23:45 ` Juri Linkov
2013-03-06 18:43 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-06 19:54 ` David Koppelman
2013-03-07 9:16 ` Juri Linkov
2013-03-06 19:04 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 3:49 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 13:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-27 14:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 16:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-06 18:56 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-06 19:55 ` David Koppelman [this message]
2013-03-06 20:06 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-07 0:54 ` David Koppelman
2013-03-07 3:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-09 1:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-03-09 2:47 ` Jambunathan K
2013-03-09 3:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-08 5:31 ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 4:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-10 18:33 ` David Koppelman
2013-04-11 4:24 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 3:36 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-27 4:08 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-15 4:45 ` bug#13686: 24.3.50; Re-look hi-lock-face-defaults (aka Provide more "core" faces for highlighting) Jambunathan K
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