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I have finally succumbed the temptation, and started using XEmacs with 
a dark background (in fact, a dark background pixmap.)  I noticed that 
some of the message faces are totally unreadable on dark backgrounds
-- specifically `message-separator-face' and
`message-header-other-face'.

Now, I am aware of the standard explanation that they (especially
message-separator-face') are dark so they don't draw your attention,
etc. but too much is too much.  The `--text follows this line--'
string *is* here to be read, after all.

In the spirit of other faces, I've set the foreground color of
`message-header-other-face' to "#b00000", and `message-separator-face' 
to "blue3".  They are still sufficiently dark, but not totally
unreadable.  How about changing the defaults?


Comments?

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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* Q: What is an experienced Emacs user?
* A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.