From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?SmFuIERqw6Rydg==?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mode-line colors are too hard to distinguish Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:47:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4A75FB51.9030808@swipnet.se> References: <4A75F529.8090100@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249246058 9987 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2009 20:47:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 20:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 02 22:47:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MXhxp-000050-R4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:47:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXhxo-0003z1-Th for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:47:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXhxh-0003yK-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXhxd-0003wf-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54150 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXhxd-0003wa-7M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from proxy3.bredband.net ([195.54.101.73]:42423) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXhxc-0006P9-NI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from iph2.telenor.se (195.54.127.133) by proxy3.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 49F597CD02259CFF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:47:15 +0200 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Akp7AOeXdUpV4S1uPGdsb2JhbACBUphEAQEBATe2A4QYBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,310,1246831200"; d="scan'208";a="32063944" Original-Received: from c-6e2de155.25-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO coolsville.localdomain) ([85.225.45.110]) by iph2.telenor.se with ESMTP; 02 Aug 2009 22:47:15 +0200 Original-Received: from [172.20.199.5] (winter [172.20.199.5]) by coolsville.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 17B717FA07B; Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:47:15 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113570 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman skrev: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Jan Dj=C3=A4rv wro= te: >> >> 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. >=20 > 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=20 pixmaps for backgrounds. Emacs can't do that yet. >=20 > But I think default colors that more helps to find the active window > would be very good. >=20 Well, maybe using inactive window title appearance for inactive windows i= sn't=20 such a bad idea. Probably very hard to find out for some window managers though. Jan D.