Re: Does anybody use x11-color ?

[till]

Graham Percival-2 wrote:
> 
> Could we remove all discussion about x11-color from the docs?  We 
> currently have three different methods of setting the color:
> 
> #'color
> #(x11-color ...)
> #(rgb-color r g b)
> 
> My impression is that people who just want basic colors will use 
> #'color, while anybody who wants more control would go straight to 
> #(rgb-color ...).  The X11 colors are annoying to use, since you need to 
> look up the names in the appendix, then run some examples to decide 
> whether you want
>       MediumTurquoise
>       MediumAquamarine
>       SeaGreen
>       LawnGreen
> 
> I'd like to mark this as a deprecated feature.
> 
> 

It's probably true, I also used only #'color sometimes. But just when
mentioning those fascinating descriptive names: would it be useful to
include a colour sample next to the colour name to help the user chose the
right colour? This could just be included from within texinfo (could it?) if
there is something like @colorbox available. I just deduced from Latex...

Greetings
Till

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