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31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels

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From: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, rpluim <at> gmail.com, 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, prot <at> protesilaos.com, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#77917: 31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 19:29:02 -0700

> On May 8, 2025, at 12:10 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
>> Cc: casouri <at> gmail.com,  77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  rpluim <at> gmail.com,
>>  prot <at> protesilaos.com,  yantar92 <at> posteo.net
>> Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 20:29:35 +0300
>> 
>>>> Also, are you sure that show U+26A0 ⚠ is a good idea for the 'symbol'
>>>> preference?  At least on TTY frames, that character has problems
>>>> because its glyph is wide, and many terminal emulators have trouble
>>>> showing it in an Emacs window.
>>> 
>>> I tried ⚠ on a tty, and it looks very poor, barely recognizable.
>>> So need to find a new symbol.
>> 
>> ▲ looks more solid on a tty.
> 
> But will it be perceived as a warning sign?  It looks just a triangle.

My two cents, and feel free to ignore: maybe just use the exclamation mark. We don’t have to use a “unicode” symbol for the symbol category. “!” conveys the idea and is well supported.

Yuan

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