2014-11-07 Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>
+ * gnus.texi (HTML): Update section so that it mentions shr and w3m.
+ Also link the full EWW manual that explains more on shr, too.
+
+ * gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 4 - Reading messages, FAQ 4-16): Add Q&A on how to
+ increase contrast when displaying HTML mail with shr.
+
* eww.texi (Advanced): Document increasing contrast with
shr-color-visible-distance-min and
shr-color-visible-luminance-min.
* FAQ 4-14:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to
tweak it?
* FAQ 4-15:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
+* FAQ 4-16:: How can I ensure more contrast when viewing HTML mail?
@end menu
@node FAQ 4-1
@end example
@noindent
+@node FAQ 4-16
+@subsubheading Question 4.16
+
+How can I ensure more contrast when viewing HTML mail?
+
+@subsubheading Answer
+
+Gnus' built-in simple HTML renderer (you use it if the value of
+@code{mm-text-html-renderer} is @code{shr}) uses the colors which are
+declared in the HTML mail. However, it adjusts them in order to
+prevent situations like dark gray text on black background. In case
+the results still have a too low contrast for you, increase the values
+of the variables @code{shr-color-visible-distance-min} and
+@code{shr-color-visible-luminance-min}.
+
@node FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@subsection Composing messages
@section @acronym{HTML}
@cindex @acronym{HTML}
-If you have @code{w3m} installed on your system, Gnus can display
-@acronym{HTML} articles in the article buffer. There are many Gnus
-add-ons for doing this, using various approaches, but there's one
-(sort of) built-in method that's used by default.
-
-For a complete overview, consult @xref{Display Customization,
-,Display Customization, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. This
-section only describes the default method.
+Gnus can display @acronym{HTML} articles nicely formatted in the
+article buffer. There are many methods for doing that, but two of
+them are kind of default methods.
+
+If your Emacs copy has been built with libxml2 support, then Gnus uses
+Emacs' built-in, plain elisp Simple HTML Renderer @code{shr}
+@footnote{@code{shr} displays colors as declared in the @acronym{HTML}
+article but tries to adjust them in order to be readable. If you
+prefer more contrast, have a look at question 4.16 in the
+@xref{Frequently Asked Questions}.} which is also used by Emacs'
+browser EWW (@xref{Top,,,eww}).
+
+If your Emacs copy lacks libxml2 support but you have @code{w3m}
+installed on your system, Gnus uses that to render @acronym{HTML} mail
+and display the results in the article buffer (@code{gnus-w3m}).
+
+For a complete overview, consult @xref{Display Customization, ,Display
+Customization, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. This section only
+describes the default method.
@table @code
@item mm-text-html-renderer
@vindex mm-text-html-renderer
-If set to @code{gnus-article-html}, Gnus will use the built-in method,
-that's based on @code{w3m}.
+If set to @code{shr}, Gnus uses its own simple @acronym{HTML}
+renderer. If set to @code{gnus-w3m}, it uses @code{w3m}.
@item gnus-blocked-images
@vindex gnus-blocked-images