Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:

  > Juri Linkov wrote:
  > 
  > > On the mode line there are already places where text is emphasized: buffer
  > > names are displayed in bold (bold is also often used to make *emphasis* in
  > > printed materials).  Isn't bold strong enough to emphasize the 
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  > > string?  Then we could add a new general bold face `mode-line-emphasis'
  > > and change `mode-line-buffer-id' to inherit from it.
  > 
  > I'd have no problem with the default emphasis face being bold.

If it's just bold and no other colors, then it's not a good idea.  For
some fonts the bold form is not easy to distinguish from the normal
one.  More, bold is hard to see with the peripheral vision, so changes
in the mode-line are harder to observe.