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 1C508429E5B for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:11 -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 HR04AOHiu8Sz for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42BFE429E34 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by lahd3 with SMTP id d3so3349354lah.26 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.112.41 with SMTP id in9mr11022865lab.27.1328015527214; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dsl-hkibrasgw4-fe50f800-253.dhcp.inet.fi. [84.248.80.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w6sm17073009lbu.9.2012.01.31.05.12.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:12:05 -0800 (PST) From: Jani Nikula To: Austin Clements Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: add default value to notmuch-search-line-faces In-Reply-To: <87liounn1g.fsf@nikula.org> References: <1327605679-15213-1-git-send-email-jani@nikula.org> <20120126194146.GG1940@mit.edu> <87liounn1g.fsf@nikula.org> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11+129~gf08c502 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:12:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87vcns10f1.fsf@nikula.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 13:12:11 -0000 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? BR, Jani.