Subject: Re: bug#6117: 24.0.50; dired-marked-face same as dired-flagged-face

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 09:17:35 -0400

> Please don't use the same colors for both "*" and "D" marked files,
> seen here:

> (defface dired-marked
>   '((t (:inherit font-lock-warning-face)))
>   "Face used for marked files."
>   :group 'dired-faces
>   :version "22.1")
> (defvar dired-marked-face 'dired-marked
>   "Face name used for marked files.")

> (defface dired-flagged
>   '((t (:inherit font-lock-warning-face)))
>   "Face used for flagged files."
>   :group 'dired-faces
>   :version "22.1")
> (defvar dired-flagged-face 'dired-flagged
>   "Face name used for flagged files.")

Agreed.  And while there, please fix the docstrings so they say more
clearly what's different about "flagged vs marked".

        Stefan