GNU bug report logs - #40750
Use error face for errors

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Message #17 received at 40750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 40750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#40750: Use error face for errors
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:41:11 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com> writes:
>
>> There is a standard face: error, which is red by default.
>>
>> Error messages in emacs should use it. It makes errors more conspicuous in
>> the echo area and the Messages buffer, distinguishing them from regular
>> messages.
>
> I think having Emacs using red for error message in the echo area etc
> would look pretty odd?  Anybody got an opinion here?

It's hard to say without seeing it in practice.

I think having a face here would be interesting, even if it just looks
like the default face.  That would open the door for experimentation in
third-party themes, and perhaps they will come up with some good ideas
that we will want to imitate.

(See also Bug#50785.)

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