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list-colors-display

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Message #104 received at 9402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: juri <at> jurta.org, 9402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se
Subject: Re: bug#9402: list-colors-display
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:07:05 +0300

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
> Cc: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>, juri <at> jurta.org,
>         9402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:15:03 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> I use Emacs on multiple platforms and I do want Emacs to look like
> >> other applications on respective platform.  But I think you are right
> >> about the majority.
> >
> > I always thought that there are some principles in Emacs UI design
> > that are not subject to the majority tyranny.  I guess that's no
> > longer true.
> 
> I think it is an exaggeration to refer to altering the region's
> background color as a case of succumbing to tyranny.

I actually meant that issues of principles such as
platform-independent behavior should not be decided by majority.

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