GNU bug report logs - #36304
27.0.50; request: switch to the superior HTML #RGB convention for colors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36304: 27.0.50; request: switch to the superior HTML #RGB convention for colors
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:54:38 -0400

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  > We're still using the X convention. It's time to switch. The HTML
  > convention is what virtually everyone would expect these days, it
  > allows specifying "white" concisely, and it's what we use in some
  > contexts, such as when rendering SVGs.

It seems plausible to me, speaking as a non-expert.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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