Re: re-builder highlighting incorrect for more than 3 groupings

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 5/2/06, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> The cycling patch was not reducing the number of distinct colors:
> there never was a proposal to add more _distinct_ colors to the
> standard scheme.
>
> That's what "no apparent good whatsoever" is about: just defining more
> faces in a cyclic fashion does not change the appearance in any way.

And do you honestly think I was proposing to add more faces and not
make them distinct from the ones already existing?

> If the colors are the same anyway, there is no point in
> attaining that effect in a more verbose manner.

Sure. But to my eyes, it seems like you're fighting a strawman.

> So what?  You have not given _any_ kind of rationale where this third
> condition would in any way be affected.

No. And I've not claimed to. I was just wondering. And from my wording
I think that was quite clear. Perhaps just not to you. I think that
tends to happen a lot every time you and I discuss something. Must be
some kind of failure to communicate on my part.

> Users can define more colors
> if they really want to.

Thanks for pointing that out, I would've never thought of it.

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