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bug#40750: Use error face for errors


From: Basil L. Contovounesios
Subject: bug#40750: Use error face for errors
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:35:26 +0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> ndame <ndame@protonmail.com> writes:
>
>> There is a standard face: error, which is red by default.
>>
>> Error messages in emacs should use it. It makes errors more conspicuous in
>> the echo area and the Messages buffer, distinguishing them from regular
>> messages.
>
> I think having Emacs using red for error message in the echo area etc
> would look pretty odd?  Anybody got an opinion here?

I agree, but in theory there could be a customisable face for this that
defaults to the current default.

But is it even possible to systematically tell whether a given message
corresponds to an error?

-- 
Basil





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