Re: Bikeshedding the invisible-char

[Xan Lopez <xan gnome org>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Federico Mena Quintero
<federico novell com> wrote:
> Fedora has a (currently unapplied?) patch in its gtk2 package which
> changes GtkEntry's invisible-char defualt from "*" to "*" (Unicode
> 0x2022 BULLET).
>
> openSUSE has a patch that changes the invisible-char to "●" (Unicode
> 0x25CF BLACK CIRCLE).
>
> I'm arguing for committing openSUSE's patch based on the following
> unquestionable criteria:
>
> * The circle is bigger.  This goes hand in hand with Christopher
> Alexander's "Nature of Order" principles of Strong Centers, Good Shape,
> and Contrast.
>
> * The circle is fatter.  We should have a no-discrimination policy
> against Unicode glyphs with an above-average body mass index, I mean,
> the ink-to-area ratio.
>
> * The circle is BIGGER.  Size does matter, you know.
>
> * I started the bikeshed.
>
> Really, it doesn't make sense to carry around patches like these :)  OK
> to commit?
>

How is this different from bug
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83935 that was committed
some months ago? It even uses your favorite character!

Xan

>  Federico
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