From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8144E429E25 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:20:48 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UcomH23uZ88L for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:20:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-1.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.12]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE9BE431E64 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:20:47 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 1209190c-b7fad6d000000920-0e-4f2806cf488a Received: from mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.35]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id E4.24.02336.FC6082F4; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id q0VFKkjJ011290; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:47 -0500 Received: from awakening.csail.mit.edu (awakening.csail.mit.edu [18.26.4.91]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as amdragon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id q0VFKjDs010419 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from amthrax by awakening.csail.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RsFUu-000482-GH; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:52 -0500 From: Austin Clements To: Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: add default value to notmuch-search-line-faces Message-ID: <20120131151952.GC10898@mit.edu> References: <1327605679-15213-1-git-send-email-jani@nikula.org> <20120126194146.GG1940@mit.edu> <87liounn1g.fsf@nikula.org> <87vcns10f1.fsf@nikula.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vcns10f1.fsf@nikula.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmphleLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42IR4hRV1j3PpuFv0LhJwqJpurPF9ZszmR2Y PG7df83u8WzVLeYApigum5TUnMyy1CJ9uwSujClrLjIXnOGp2NV0gLWB8SVnFyMnh4SAicSi +1PZIWwxiQv31rN1MXJxCAnsY5RomXufCcLZwChxrOENC4Rzkkli5fNnUJkljBJ7rmxiAeln EVCVuLV+NyuIzSagIbFt/3JGEFtEQFFi88n9YDazgLTEt9/NTCC2sICXxM8TP8F6eQV0JP7O +wC1ey6jxJRXNxghEoISJ2c+YYFo1pK48e8lUDMH2KDl/zhAwpxAu27e+Qn2g6iAisSUk9vY JjAKzULSPQtJ9yyE7gWMzKsYZVNyq3RzEzNzilOTdYuTE/PyUot0DfVyM0v0UlNKNzGCA1uS Zwfjm4NKhxgFOBiVeHh3vlfzF2JNLCuuzD3EKMnBpCTK68mq4S/El5SfUpmRWJwRX1Sak1p8 iFGCg1lJhPfNaqBy3pTEyqrUonyYlDQHi5I4r4rWOz8hgfTEktTs1NSC1CKYrAwHh5IELz8w goUEi1LTUyvSMnNKENJMHJwgw3mAhn8EWcxbXJCYW5yZDpE/xagoJc57FyQhAJLIKM2D64Ul nleM4kCvCPN+AaniASYtuO5XQIOZgAY/Z1AFGVySiJCSamDkq5cs8Vh5+GFa/dw/0eKeS11T b16W7td285liqhQQVpS/6p2wo7gCg8HXj35GE7ReMPkpFK1mF7c/c/LMlksxek53nugI6/a6 xHLly5p3K2gf3viIua9Wf5rnkoT+TVO9lVqmyIqvqA0+vO1E1zbes4nyMleZ5uZHXJYJrbdO uzwtN/TwbSWW4oxEQy3mouJEAIjWUcUXAwAA Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:48 -0000 Quoth Jani Nikula on Jan 31 at 3:12 pm: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:58:51 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:46 -0500, Austin Clements wrote: > > > Quoth Jani Nikula on Jan 26 at 9:21 pm: > > > > + ("flagged" :foreground "red")) > > > > > > Red is pretty universally used to indicate danger or a serious > > > condition, while "flagged" is simply supposed to draw attention. I > > > would say blue as a neutral and distinct indicator, but it also has > > > poor visibility (I used to use blue, but found that when scanning my > > > mail, I would habitually skip over flagged messages because they were > > > dark, which was the opposite of what I wanted). Personally I've > > > settled on yellow; it's visually distinct enough to be easily > > > noticeable and bright enough that I don't skip over it, though it > > > obviously wouldn't work on a light background. > > > > Can be yellow, I don't really care that much. But isn't a light > > background the default for emacs in most distros? If that matters, > > *shrug*. > > Ugh, yellow is absolutely horrible on a white background... that would > certainly draw people to figure out how to change the settings. Now > shall I send v2 with bold for unread and yellow for flagged, or can this > go in as it is? Sorry, I really meant to propose blue for flagged. The thing about yellow was meant more as an aside. Blue is reasonably visible on both light and dark backgrounds. It should draw people into customizing it, while still being a reasonable default.