GNU bug report logs - #47686
Live preview of setting face color

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:38:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Cc: "scame via \"Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
 the Swiss army knife of text editors\"" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
 "47686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <47686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#47686: Live preview of setting face color
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:14:23 +0000

>
> An alternative way to do what you want is the following:
>
> -   Place the point on the desired text whose face you want to change.
> -   M-x customize-face-other-window
> -   Accept the default.
>
>     For there, you can use the Customize interface to apply or revert
>     changes and see the results in the other window, instantly.
>

It's not the same, because then you have to apply the changes each time you
change color, you can't see a preview in context immediately simply by
browsing the colors which makes it much more comfortable.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 12 days ago.

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