GNU bug report logs - #7943
23.1; white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: warrenharris <at> google.com (Warren Harris)

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:53:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com>,
	7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7943: white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:40:55 +0100

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:
>>       ("white"          7 (229 229 229))      ; gray90
>>       ("brightwhite"   15 (255 255 255)))     ; white
>>
>> As you see, what is called "white" in list-colors-display is actually
>> gray90....  This definition is used to leave FFFFFF for brightwhite
>
> Wow.  I won't presume to suggest that this is misguided, but I can't help but
> wonder why.  Why wouldn't white be called "white" and gray90 be called "gray90"
> or "off-white" or some such?  Likewise for red and the rest.  Why change the
> standard/conventional/common definition of the color name?
>
> Just wondering.

Because this is Emacs? ;-)
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