Re: [Emacs-trunk-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/faces.el

[Kim F. Storm]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>> It applies to escape sequences, so I think the name fits.  I will see
>> if the doc string should be changed.
>
> It applies not only to escape sequences, but also to control characters.
> So the name is too specific.  A better name should indicate the purpose
> of the face, for instance, `warning' face.

I think escape-glyph is ok.

There is nothing wrong with embedded control codes, so "warning" would
be worse.


>
> address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:
>> I think this looks better too -- but the current escape-glyph face
>> doesn't stand out very much -- what about "red" foreground instead?
>
> "red" is too strong color and usually used to highlight errors.
> Better colors are "dark red" or even "OrangeRed3".

I don't really care.

How does dark red look on a dark background -- I suggested red because
it works equally well in both cases.   If people don't like it, they
can customize the face...

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