Re: picons questions

[Colin Rafferty <craffert@ms.com>]

I'm sorry, mm.el did not wrap my files.  I need to upgrade, I guess.

Colin Rafferty writes:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
>> Colin Rafferty <craffert@ms.com> writes:

>>> 1. My default background is black.

>> So is mine...

>>> Unfortunately, most picons have tranparent backgrounds and text
>>> in black.  This makes the text unreadable, and I can't tell
>>> European flags apart without the text. :-)

>> Hm...  I haven't seen this, really -- but perhaps I just haven't
>> noticed it.  Could you give an example of a From line that displays
>> this? 

> Here is an example: `From: Lars Balker Rasmussen <lbr@image.dk>'.

> Here is what I see when I bring it up normally:

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> What you don't realize is that there is a "Denmark" in the title.

> When I select the region (I have zmacs-regions t), I can see the whole 
> picon:

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> See the problem?

-- 
Colin