From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6693: 24.0.50; font-lock-(builtin|doc) faces are *way* too close Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:27:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <05CB9D294C4646D5A2F574AB5A9DFA55@us.oracle.com> <13C511D445304C4C94EE650D4796ECD0@us.oracle.com> <4E110EB6.3060407@harpegolden.net> <87oc1a4vyx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <74221634EBB8403589F38AE4BDAE42F8@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309757312 24127 80.91.229.12 (4 Jul 2011 05:28:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 05:28:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen' , 6693@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 04 07:28:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdbho-0000TA-RC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:28:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdbhn-0005xu-EC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58778) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdbhU-0005xQ-DY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdbhS-0007Ao-GV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdbhS-0007Ak-8z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdbhR-00007v-JZ; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:28:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6693 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6693-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6693.1309757243441 (code B ref 6693); Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6693) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jul 2011 05:27:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdbgp-000073-24 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdbgn-00006s-8Q for 6693@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qdbgg-0005yt-P5; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:27:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <74221634EBB8403589F38AE4BDAE42F8@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:15:17 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:28:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:47921 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > I mainly see font-lock with Emacs-Lisp code (in my use), and ther is > nothing similar to midnight blue there. On the other hand, midnight > blue is not too different from black (the default foreground). It is maybe a bit too dark. So maybe something like royal blue is preferable. > Note that (at least in Emacs-Lisp code) this face is used for coloring > only keywords: `:type', `:group' etc. It is not for coloring large > spans of text that someone needs to read. There is no guarantee that this is always true, particularly since many faces inherit from font lock faces. So it is important for all the font lock faces to be easily distinguished from the background.