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+Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:09:51 +0000\r
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+ <CALR_T9CPMKq+9pC9HnKpOiOVnK8DrC33qVF1B8QSctYnSJQ63w@mail.gmail.com>\r
+Subject: Re: use font-face instead of explicit colouring\r
+From: Sam Halliday <sam.halliday@gmail.com>\r
+To: Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com>\r
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+That's a shame. Having light/dark alternatives are OK as a workaround but\r
+it's a shame this can't just all be done with faces. I don't see why there\r
+needs to be a string to face lookup map, why not just put the string in the\r
+face name?\r
+On 5 Mar 2016 11:00 a.m., "Mark Walters" <markwalters1009@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+\r
+>\r
+> Hi\r
+>\r
+> On Sat, 05 Mar 2016, Sam Halliday <sam.halliday@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+> > I should say that I am aware of the workaround, e.g.\r
+> >\r
+> > (setq\r
+> > notmuch-search-line-faces '(("unread" :weight bold)\r
+> > ("flagged" :inherit\r
+> 'font-lock-string-face)))\r
+> >\r
+> > but this must be applied per-user. If you removed this defcustom and had\r
+> > unread/flagged/other faces, then themes (such as darcula) would be able\r
+> > to provide sensible defaults out of the box.\r
+>\r
+> I am not sure I see how this would work without cluttering up the\r
+> customize options significantly. The notmuch-search-line-faces allows\r
+> selecting the face based on any tag (so for example I use different\r
+> colours for emails tagged "work", and tagged "waiting"). We could have\r
+> additional notmuch-search-line-unread-face which could then be used in\r
+> the above -- but now the user has two places to customize the same thing.\r
+>\r
+> How do you see this working?\r
+>\r
+> (We probably could make the default depend on light or dark theme to make\r
+> the default more usable.)\r
+>\r
+> Best wishes\r
+>\r
+> Mark\r
+>\r
+> >\r
+> > Sam Halliday <sam.halliday@gmail.com> writes:\r
+> >\r
+> >> [ text/plain ]\r
+> >> Hi,\r
+> >>\r
+> >> I use a dark theme and many of the colour choices of notmuch collide\r
+> >> with my theme. However, notmuch is explicitly adding information such as\r
+> >> "blue foreground" instead of using faces that I can customise.\r
+> >>\r
+> >> Could you please consider using faces instead of explicit colours?\r
+> >>\r
+> >> [ text/plain ]\r
+> >>\r
+> >> --\r
+> >> Best regards,\r
+> >> Sam\r
+> >> [ signature.asc: application/pgp-signature ]\r
+> >\r
+> > --\r
+> > Best regards,\r
+> > Sam\r
+> > _______________________________________________\r
+> > notmuch mailing list\r
+> > notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+> > https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch\r
+>\r
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+<p dir=3D"ltr">That's a shame. Having light/dark alternatives are OK as=\r
+ a workaround but it's a shame this can't just all be done with fac=\r
+es. I don't see why there needs to be a string to face lookup map, why =\r
+not just put the string in the face name?</p>\r
+<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5 Mar 2016 11:00 a.m., "Mark Walters&quo=\r
+t; <<a href=3D"mailto:markwalters1009@gmail.com">markwalters1009@gmail.c=\r
+om</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=\r
+ style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><b=\r
+r>\r
+Hi<br>\r
+<br>\r
+On Sat, 05 Mar 2016, Sam Halliday <<a href=3D"mailto:sam.halliday@gmail.=\r
+com">sam.halliday@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>\r
+> I should say that I am aware of the workaround, e.g.<br>\r
+><br>\r
+>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(setq<br>\r
+>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0notmuch-search-line-faces '(("unrea=\r
+d" :weight bold)<br>\r
+>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =\r
+=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0("flagged"=\r
+ :inherit 'font-lock-string-face)))<br>\r
+><br>\r
+> but this must be applied per-user. If you removed this defcustom and h=\r
+ad<br>\r
+> unread/flagged/other faces, then themes (such as darcula) would be abl=\r
+e<br>\r
+> to provide sensible defaults out of the box.<br>\r
+<br>\r
+I am not sure I see how this would work without cluttering up the<br>\r
+customize options significantly. The notmuch-search-line-faces allows<br>\r
+selecting the face based on any tag (so for example I use different<br>\r
+colours for emails tagged "work", and tagged "waiting")=\r
+. We could have<br>\r
+additional notmuch-search-line-unread-face which could then be=C2=A0 used i=\r
+n<br>\r
+the above -- but now the user has two places to customize the same thing.<b=\r
+r>\r
+<br>\r
+How do you see this working?<br>\r
+<br>\r
+(We probably could make the default depend on light or dark theme to make<b=\r
+r>\r
+the default more usable.)<br>\r
+<br>\r
+Best wishes<br>\r
+<br>\r
+Mark<br>\r
+<br>\r
+><br>\r
+> Sam Halliday <<a href=3D"mailto:sam.halliday@gmail.com">sam.hallida=\r
+y@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>\r
+><br>\r
+>> [ text/plain ]<br>\r
+>> Hi,<br>\r
+>><br>\r
+>> I use a dark theme and many of the colour choices of notmuch colli=\r
+de<br>\r
+>> with my theme. However, notmuch is explicitly adding information s=\r
+uch as<br>\r
+>> "blue foreground" instead of using faces that I can cust=\r
+omise.<br>\r
+>><br>\r
+>> Could you please consider using faces instead of explicit colours?=\r
+<br>\r
+>><br>\r
+>> [ text/plain ]<br>\r
+>><br>\r
+>> --<br>\r
+>> Best regards,<br>\r
+>> Sam<br>\r
+>> [ signature.asc: application/pgp-signature ]<br>\r
+><br>\r
+> --<br>\r
+> Best regards,<br>\r
+> Sam<br>\r
+> _______________________________________________<br>\r
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