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Re: Emacs color names
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Gary . |
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Re: Emacs color names |
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Wed, 12 May 2010 08:18:47 +0200 |
On 5/11/10, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Gary
>> Emanuel Schmid writes:
>> > Currently I don't get decent colour names if I'm running through putty,
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>> TBH I don't think it's exclusive to putty. I also get (mostly)
>> incomprehensible names when I try to use completion when customising a
>> face
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> That's normal, assuming that you use a 256-color xterm.
Normal it might be. Useful it's not (at least to me).
> Why is that a problem? If you need to know how each color looks like,
> just use "M-x list-colors-display RET".
Well, yeah, I could take a few extra steps, but I just happen to think that
is what computers are good for. Moreover, the information does exist - face
definitions quite often use (somewhat) meaningful names. I see no reason
why the customization of faces shouldn't use those names throughout as
"normal" behaviour.
(Sorry for possibly derailing your thread, Emanuel :-( )