GNU bug report logs - #33093
26.1, 7.2 emacs-mac; M-x list-colors-display RET; L1 is black on black

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:57:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.1

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 33093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33093: 26.1, 7.2 emacs-mac; M-x list-colors-display RET; L1 is black on black
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:02:48 +1100

> When a sample text is not legible this warns the user against using such
> combination of foreground and background colors in user's configuration,
> i.e. it's easier for users to visually skip such hardly legible text
> in the list when choosing a suitable color.

It might be not worth the effort because it is near impossible to do, but to imagine whiteclouds/bluesky, you could have the text always legible where fore/background colors are too near for contrast and a swatch-like solid cursor rectangle occupying the first position of the line represents the actual foreground color. There you see the fore/background colors are in fact indistinguishable. Just a wild idea.
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