> 1. The 'standard' faces have been defined so that they provide reasonable > defaults regardless of environment i.e. X, console, etc.
I use a no-X version of emacs and so the default VM faces didn't really do much for me (no strike through on xterm, no gray levels either). So this sounds like a reasonable thing to do to me. ~Arik > > 2. Those users who like to customize their faces will probably already have > done so for the standard faces. Having VM inherit from those settings means > they will probably get better default results. > > 3. For users who use the colour-themes package, the default VM faces will > likely fit in with their colour theme better if they are inheriting from > standard faces. > > 4. We don't need to worry about personal taste and our selected defaults. If > people don't like the defaults, they can take the issue up with the emacs > maintainers. > > 5. We don't need to worry about setting defaults that take into account those > who use light backgrounds and those who use dark ones etc. > > Comments, opinions? > > Tim > > > -- Arik W. Mitschang
