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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: add default value to notmuch-search-line-faces\r
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+On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:46 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:\r
+> Quoth Jani Nikula on Jan 26 at 9:21 pm:\r
+> > Add default value to notmuch-search-line-faces to show "unread"\r
+> > messages in bold, and "flagged" messages in red, to have some visual\r
+> > indication of important messages in search results. This should be\r
+> > helpful for new users.\r
+> > \r
+> > "unread" tag is quite obvious, and handled specially both in the lib\r
+> > and emacs ui. "flagged" is synced to maildir F flag in the lib. If one\r
+> > syncs the maildir to IMAP, this also translates to corresponding IMAP\r
+> > flag. (This is "starred" in GMail and Android.)\r
+> > \r
+> > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+> \r
+> While I'm sure this can be bikeshod to death, I do have one legitimate\r
+> concern (and one illegitimate).\r
+> \r
+> I completely agree with what you said on IRC, though, that setting\r
+> this to non-nil is more about making this capability more discoverable\r
+> to new users than trying to come up with the perfect faces.\r
+\r
+Thanks for repeating that here too before full blown bikeshedding. I'm\r
+just trying to help other people find this option quicker than I and\r
+some others did...\r
+\r
+> > ---\r
+> > emacs/notmuch.el | 3 ++-\r
+> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)\r
+> > \r
+> > diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el\r
+> > index 6b2c252..551ea9d 100644\r
+> > --- a/emacs/notmuch.el\r
+> > +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el\r
+> > @@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ This function advances the next thread when finished."\r
+> > (goto-char (point-min))\r
+> > (forward-line (1- notmuch-search-target-line))))))))\r
+> > \r
+> > -(defcustom notmuch-search-line-faces nil\r
+> > +(defcustom notmuch-search-line-faces '(("unread" :weight bold)\r
+> \r
+> As much as I would like this, many terminals don't visually\r
+> distinguish between the default face and the default face in bold.\r
+\r
+Would it really matter, though? People on such terminals are probably\r
+aware they are missing out on a bunch of visual stuff. But please do\r
+suggest an alternative that could be "composited" with the :foreground\r
+setting below for "unread" and "flagged" threads.\r
+\r
+> > + ("flagged" :foreground "red"))\r
+> \r
+> Red is pretty universally used to indicate danger or a serious\r
+> condition, while "flagged" is simply supposed to draw attention. I\r
+> would say blue as a neutral and distinct indicator, but it also has\r
+> poor visibility (I used to use blue, but found that when scanning my\r
+> mail, I would habitually skip over flagged messages because they were\r
+> dark, which was the opposite of what I wanted). Personally I've\r
+> settled on yellow; it's visually distinct enough to be easily\r
+> noticeable and bright enough that I don't skip over it, though it\r
+> obviously wouldn't work on a light background.\r
+\r
+Can be yellow, I don't really care that much. But isn't a light\r
+background the default for emacs in most distros? If that matters,\r
+*shrug*.\r
+\r
+\r
+BR,\r
+Jani.\r
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