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 13:54:55 -0600 Message-ID: References: <878v6vidh7.fsf@gmail.com> <7BC00EAA1AF8466D8F9C17B3CA4E82B8@us.oracle.com> <527A8B2FB8E742F9AC4063C8B3957071@us.oracle.com> <87sj4ijqa9.fsf@gmail.com> <60B13E9C42E44045B2EB9A043B959C4D@us.oracle.com> <87fw0htl0s.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <871ubsz7wr.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1362599741 26593 80.91.229.3 (6 Mar 2013 19:55:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:55:41 +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 Wed Mar 06 20:56:05 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 1UDKRY-0006cn-VP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:56:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52365 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKRD-0007MG-E2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKR9-0007LQ-CJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKR7-0007jc-56 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:38 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58901) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKR7-0007iV-2z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKRV-0007SH-Vc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:56:01 -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: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:56:01 +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=B13686.136259973228617 (code B ref 13686); Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13686) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2013 19:55:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34776 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKR1-0007RV-KQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu ([130.39.16.10]:38670) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDKQy-0007RJ-Te for 13686@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:55:29 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2FC28093; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:54:55 +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 cNLeSz0ytYwV; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:54:55 -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 68A9F28091; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:54:55 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <871ubsz7wr.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:13:00 +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:72178 Archived-At: > From: Jambunathan K gmail.com> > > It is difficult for me to believe that the original design intent was to > "cover color space". There was no conscious effort to evenly cover the color space. The idea was to choose colors that looked right for highlighting, with the default set to background yellow, as is customary. Some faces are provided as foreground-bold colors, and one as an alternate font. I did not design hi-lock for automatically rotating faces and I personally don't like automatic rotation for two reasons. First, it assumes that the user wants a different color for each highlighting pattern, which may often be the case, but not always. Second, I think it's better when the user explicitly controls the color, so that there is a better connection between the color and whatever it is the targets signify. That said, I don't object to re-selecting the colors to be more evenly spaced perceptually. But, there should still be foreground-bold variants.