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[PATCH] Add command for cycling between CSS color formats

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Message #18 received at 29456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, simenheg <at> gmail.com,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#29456: [PATCH] Add command for cycling between CSS color
 formats
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:35:04 -0700

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Eli> Sorry, I don't understand: what list are you talking about?

Sorry, I misunderstood.

CSS also specifies hex and rgb syntax itself.

Eli> A comment will help, but I'm actually wondering why does css-mode need
Eli> to use 12-bit or 16-bit per component RGB notation?  Why not use only
Eli> 8-bit, as in #RRGGBB?  The problems only happen in converting 8-bit
Eli> RGB notations to higher number of bits.

#RGB is specified by CSS, it is equivalent to #RRGGBB, and is often
seen.  With css-color-4, #RGBA is also allowed.

Basically css-mode needs to understand the peculiarities of CSS syntax,
which differs somewhat from other systems AFAIK.

Tom

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