severity 515556 wishlist
thanks
On 2009-02-16 05:34 +0100, Samuel Bronson wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the reason is that there is no foreground color given
> for this case. (Perhaps because adding one with customize fixed the
> problem ;-P.) Anyway, note the missing `:foreground' property:
This is a deliberate decision, see the NEWS file:
,----
| ** `font-lock-comment-face' no longer differs from the default on
| displays with fewer than 16 colors and dark background (e.g. older
| xterms and the Linux console). On such displays, only the comment
| delimiters will appear to be fontified (in the new face
| `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face'). To restore the old appearance,
| customize `font-lock-comment-face'.
`----
IIRC the reason for this change is that RMS complained that "red on
black" was too hard to read on the Linux console, although people who
have better eyes or brighter screens seem to disagree. The
emacs-snapshot package from [1] that I use has reverted to the old
behavior to highlight the full comments instead of only the delimiters.
Cheers,
Sven
1. http://emacs.orebokech.com/
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