Subject: bug#15977: 24.3.50; enhancement request: `sample' for Customize colors should show fg & bg

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:16:48 -0700

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> emacs -Q
>
> (defcustom foo "Red"
>   "Some foo"
>   :type 'color
>   :group 'convenience)
>
> M-x customize-option foo
>
> You see this:
>
> Hide Foo: Red         Choose   (sample)
>     State : STANDARD.
>    Some foo
> Groups: Convenience

Thanks for the recipe.  Yes, I agree with you -- it would be better if
it also showed this colour as a background (i.e., block), which would
make it easier to determine whether to use the colour.  And like Juri
says, it should probably be two samples, one as a foreground and one as
a background.

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