bug#66041: 30.0.50; Should 'flymake-note-echo' inherit from 'compilation-info'?

[Jim Porter]

On 9/17/2023 2:22 PM, João Távora wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 5:42 AM Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Personally, I think it'd be better for the "echo" faces for Flymake
> > notes to just inherit from 'compilation-info'. They have almost
> > identical uses as far as I can tell, and then things would look more
>
> To better understand what you mean, can you post two screenshots -- with
> and without your proposed change -- of what the default theme would look
> like in a simple file with some Flymake overlays?

Sure, here are screenshots of Flymake under 29, 30, and 30 plus my 
patch. In particular, pay close attention to the mode-line colors. It 
took me a few seconds of close inspection to see the green underline for 
the note counter in the mode-line.

> Also, a patch showing exactly the change you propose would be useful.  And
> keep in mind one can define a face to inherit from two faces (AFAIK).

And here's also a patch. (Not for the renaming of note->info, but that's 
straightforward enough to imagine, I hope.)

emacs-29.png
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emacs-30.png
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emacs-30-patched.png
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0001-Use-compilation-info-as-the-basis-for-Flymake-note-f.patch
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