GNU bug report logs - #9402
list-colors-display

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 9402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9402: list-colors-display
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:17:55 -0400

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

>> Another question is why the face definition of `region' has
>> platform-specific colors for GTK and NS, but not for Windows.
>
> I would actually turn the table and ask why the heck do we have
> system-specific defaults for GTK and NS.  I thought Emacs was supposed
> to behave the same on all platforms, except where it's impossible.

In this case, the behavior is "use the system default" ;-)

FWIW, I am also ambivalent about this feature.  The system selection
color can clash with the default Emacs foreground/background color,
unless those colors are also taken from the system (which AFAIK it is
not).

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