From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: mode-line colors are too hard to distinguish
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:47:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A75FB51.9030808@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e01d8a50908021324o1da66a3pf6c321a14768386e@mail.gmail.com>
Lennart Borgman skrev:
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Jan Djärv<jan.h.d@swipnet.se> wrote:
>>
>> Lennart Borgman skrev:
>>> ... at least I found them to be that.
>>>
>>> How about using corresponding system colors as defaults? Are those
>>> available on all system from the window managers?
>>>
>> What exactly are "corresponding system colors"? Mode-lines aren't very
>> common.
>
> I thought of the colors that are used for window manager windows title
> bars. But maybe the suggestion is not the best since they are more
> choosen to be pretty than to be readable. Mode lines are for reading
> too.
Nowdays it isn't just colors for window titles, it is often transparent
pixmaps for backgrounds. Emacs can't do that yet.
>
> But I think default colors that more helps to find the active window
> would be very good.
>
Well, maybe using inactive window title appearance for inactive windows isn't
such a bad idea.
Probably very hard to find out for some window managers though.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-02 20:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-02 16:29 mode-line colors are too hard to distinguish Lennart Borgman
2009-08-02 20:20 ` Jan Djärv
2009-08-02 20:24 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-02 20:47 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2009-08-02 20:58 ` Deniz Dogan
2009-09-03 18:33 ` John Yates
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