From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Igor Djordjevic <igor.d.djordjevic@gmail.com>,
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] help: colorize man pages
Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 09:48:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60aa6b48c0623_1234e6208ac@natae.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6642528a-b270-5862-bfdc-7bfa22682c2f@gmail.com>
Igor Djordjevic wrote:
>
> On 22/05/2021 23:48, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> >
> > Language is understood bit by bit. To properly understand the sentences
> > that follow you first need to understand the sentences that preceed.
>
> Except you can't deliberately chop and butcher mentioned sentences in
> order to "understand" them in isolation, as the meaning is largely
> determined by context - and yes, the following sentences as well.
Please explain the context that makes this sentense makes ense:
It is not reasonable to allow the user to configure a text editor to
not use color heavily.
> The NO_COLOR[1] homepage text, read in its entirety and even if not
> perfect, seems clear enough for everyone who wants to understand it.
Yes, it is clear: software who use colors heavily should respect
NO_COLOR.
Others on this list agree.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-23 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-18 1:01 [PATCH] help: colorize man pages Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18 1:19 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-18 3:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-18 23:49 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-19 1:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-19 2:07 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-19 6:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-19 8:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-19 10:36 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-21 0:58 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-21 18:09 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-21 19:48 ` Igor Djordjevic
2021-05-21 21:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-21 22:10 ` Igor Djordjevic
2021-05-21 23:04 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-22 18:38 ` Igor Djordjevic
2021-05-22 21:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-23 11:25 ` Igor Djordjevic
2021-05-23 14:48 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2021-05-21 22:47 ` Igor Djordjevic
2021-05-21 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-19 9:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-19 10:10 ` Jeff King
2021-05-19 11:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-19 11:19 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-19 12:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-20 1:55 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-20 2:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-20 3:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-20 3:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-20 3:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-20 2:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-19 10:25 ` Felipe Contreras
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