[PATCH v2] emacs: make faces clear on dark backgrounds.

[Matt Armstrong]

Mark Walters <markwalters1009 at gmail.com> writes:

> Broadly this looks good to me -- though I think blue is OK on some dark
> backgrounds so it would be good to have confirmation from some people
> who do use a dark background normally as to whether they had to
> customise these faces.

I'm happy to wait for further feedback.  See below for what I'm seeing. 


> One small point: I think I would prefer a ((class color) (background
> light)) test for the "light" face so that it is consistent with the other deffaces
> which already distinguish between light and dark background.

I'll send something out in a few days.  I'm thinking, though, that
perhaps options that default "blue" on light backgrounds should default
"light blue" on dark backgrounds.


Attached is a PNG capture of my M-x list-colors-display.  I'm on Ubuntu
trusty.  Attached is a screen capture of what "blue" looks like to me.

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