GNU bug report logs - #47313
27.1; highlight functions should accept colors too

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Message #14 received at 47313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 47313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47313: 27.1; highlight functions should accept colors too
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:07:13 +0200

> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:44:40 +0000
> From: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
> Cc: "47313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <47313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 
> At least, the face completion prompt should be improved, so that it shows
> the face's style inline like with list-faces-display.This could solve
> the color selection problem, because if the face's style is instantly
> visible then the user can simply choose a face which is similar to the
> color he wants.

We could try that, but I fear that the result of showing many faces in
the same buffer one besides the other will look ugly, while displaying
them one face per line would make a very long buffer, scrolling
through which could be impractical.

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