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Fwd: [PATCH] Update themes to support mode-line

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Message #31 received at 51605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 51605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51605: Fwd: [PATCH] Update themes to support mode-line
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 07:21:13 +0100

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HI,
> you are
> less likely to mix up the buffer text with the line number indication
> when scanning quickly, and it is easier to see which line you are on
> with a subtle color difference on the line number.
That's the intent. I need to review YAML and Python often and knowing
exactly where the buffer starts is crucial.

Best, /PA

On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 22:49, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> > I don't think we should change defaults of the faces because someone
> > prefers to have them look differently.  Faces can be easily
> > customized, so people who don't like the defaults can have the faces
> > they like very easily.
>
> Me neither.  I think they should change if the new proposal is better.
> I'm personally not married to it as I only use display-line-numbers-mode
> occasionally (and can indeed customize it locally), but I think it's a
> good idea.  In particular, I like the functional aspect of it: you are
> less likely to mix up the buffer text with the line number indication
> when scanning quickly, and it is easier to see which line you are on
> with a subtle color difference on the line number.
>
> Perhaps it could make sense to ask people on emacs-devel or maybe even
> do one of our never criticized 30 days experiment on master to give
> people a feel for the change before deciding anything.
>


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