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From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
To: TEC <tecosaur@gmail.com>
Cc: ghe@sdf.org, spacibba@aol.com, casouri@gmail.com,
	monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "modern" colors Re: Changes for emacs 28
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:54:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1kI4rQ-0006pt-R0@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87imcii5u7.fsf@gmail.com> (message from TEC on Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:49:36 +0800)



   Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> writes:

   > Thank you, but I am not entierly sure what I am looking at -- the
   > Emacs you are showing is not from 1985.  What does the percentage
   > mean?

   Ah yes, a bit remiss of me not to state the format for my lablings:

    Editor --- Year of initial release (Stackoverflow 2019 survey, editor popularity)
    Screenshot of editor with default theme (trying for current)

Why is the initial release important?

   > All of those look similar to me, other than black/light background
   > when it comes to color selection.  There is I think very little
   > commonality between the edtiors in general in what they show.

   There are indeed many commonalities. However there are a few that Emacs
   doesn't share --- namely: dark default, bluey tones, line numbers, and a
   status bar that matches the background (in terms of background colour).
   Hmm, and also iconography on the status bar.

You are getting quite concrete -- you say "bluey tones" and how colors
match each other.  What does bluey tones mean?  Do you have a
suggestin how the mode-line could match the background better?

Dark vs. light default is not interesting, since I would assume that
the light theme would also have a "modern" appeal for users.

   >    * Basic editor theme comparison
   >
   > Emacs doeesn't seem to be listed?

   No, as I took your question to be "what are other editors doing?".
   Is this correct?

My question was what color and possibly font (to keep the list of
things small) differences exist between emacs and what some consider
modern coloring.

   I hope that helps,

Thank you, it does.  

   p.s. for another weighting, I could also ask some friends (Under-25,
   non-Emacsers) to rank these sample screenshots by aesthetic appeal. Just
   a thought.

I do not think such a metric would be useful, since it is so
subjective and very generic.  What would be useful is them pointing
out exactly what they think is "ugly" or "outdated" for a lack of
term.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-15  6:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 289+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-08 16:02 Changes for emacs 28 TEC
2020-09-08 17:01 ` Yuan Fu
2020-09-08 17:45   ` TEC
2020-09-08 18:15   ` TEC
2020-09-08 19:28     ` tomas
2020-09-08 20:31       ` Ergus
2020-09-08 21:01         ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-08 21:45           ` Ergus
2020-09-08 22:14             ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-08 22:26               ` Ergus
2020-09-08 21:35         ` Daniel Martín
2020-09-09 16:05     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-09 16:22       ` T.V Raman
2020-09-09 16:45       ` TEC
2020-09-09 18:35         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-10 10:47           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-10 17:39             ` Drew Adams
2020-09-10 17:56               ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-10 18:21                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 19:48                   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-11  5:43                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 21:01                   ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-10 21:21                     ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-10 21:34                       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-10 21:36                         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-10 22:19                         ` Drew Adams
2020-09-10 21:46                       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-11  4:16                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  7:04                         ` Philip K.
2020-09-11  7:12                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11  7:44                             ` tomas
2020-09-11 10:27                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-11 12:26                                 ` tomas
2020-09-11 15:19                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-11 10:50                               ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13  8:41                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-13 10:30                                 ` tomas
2020-09-13 10:59                                   ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13 11:38                                     ` tomas
2020-09-13 12:53                                     ` Ergus
2020-09-13 15:05                                       ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13 16:17                                         ` Ergus
2020-09-13 16:38                                           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13 12:15                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-13 12:40                                     ` tomas
2020-09-14 18:45                                   ` chad
2020-09-15  8:12                                     ` tomas
2020-09-15 18:27                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-15 21:17                                         ` tomas
2020-09-15 20:45                                       ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-15 21:22                                         ` tomas
2020-09-15 23:32                                         ` Alan Third
2020-09-13 14:29                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 18:05                                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-13 18:26                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 19:17                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-13 19:28                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11 10:30                           ` Ergus
2020-09-12  3:21                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-12  3:36                               ` Ergus
2020-09-13  8:45                                 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-11 19:17                           ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12  3:21                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  8:59                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-11 11:00                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-11 12:50                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-11 13:23                             ` Ergus
2020-09-11 18:29                               ` Drew Adams
2020-09-11 19:12                                 ` Ergus
2020-09-11 19:23                                   ` Drew Adams
2020-09-11 20:07                                     ` Ergus
2020-09-11 20:37                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-09-13  3:59                                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11 21:07                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-12 12:40                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-12 16:28                                 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 12:24                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-10 22:48                     ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-12  3:20                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-12  4:07                         ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-11  4:16                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  9:49                       ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-11  9:53                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-11 21:51                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-11 17:53                         ` Drew Adams
2020-09-11 19:09                         ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-11 21:05                           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-11 21:40                             ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-12  7:54                               ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-11  6:01                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11  9:04                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-11  9:19                         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-11 13:52                           ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-11 14:10                             ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-11 14:26                               ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-11 10:36                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-11 10:39                           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-11 11:20                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-12  3:21                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-12  7:49                               ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13  4:07                                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11 20:24                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-11 19:17                         ` Drew Adams
2020-09-10 18:44                 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-10 19:34                   ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-11  4:16                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  5:11                       ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-11  5:40                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11  4:16                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-10 18:12             ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-09 19:28         ` tomas
2020-09-09 21:33         ` Howard Melman
2020-09-09 22:19           ` Drew Adams
2020-09-10 11:20         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-10 11:27           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-10 11:57             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-11  4:16           ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  4:52             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-11  6:07               ` TEC
2020-09-12  3:21                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-12  3:21               ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  4:13         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-11  4:14         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-09 16:57       ` Ergus
2020-09-09 17:08         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-09 17:16           ` Ergus
2020-09-09 17:25         ` Drew Adams
2020-09-09 17:34         ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-10  9:09         ` "modern" colors " Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-10 10:20           ` Ergus
2020-09-10 10:29             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-10 10:43               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 11:08               ` Ergus
2020-09-10 12:32                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 13:17                   ` Ergus
2020-09-10 13:55                     ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-10 14:41                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 18:40                       ` Ergus
2020-09-10 18:50                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-10 18:58                           ` Ergus
2020-09-11 13:15                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-11 13:42                   ` Ergus
2020-09-11 14:13                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-11 14:23                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-11 14:36                       ` Iñigo Serna
2020-09-11 22:14                       ` Ergus
2020-09-12  6:25                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-12  9:03                           ` Ergus
2020-09-12  9:25                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-12 10:19                               ` Ergus
2020-09-12 17:02                               ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-13  5:51                               ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-13 14:21                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 18:40                                   ` Thibaut Verron
2020-09-13  4:06                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-12 11:24                           ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-12 11:32                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-12 12:41                               ` Ergus
2020-09-12 16:29                                 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 15:36                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-12 15:43                                 ` Ergus
2020-09-12 17:25                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-13  4:06                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-13  8:53                                 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-14  3:50                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-14  8:08                                     ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-14  9:46                                       ` Ergus
2020-09-14 15:14                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 15:48                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 15:33                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-12 10:13                         ` Iñigo Serna
2020-09-12 11:13                         ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-12 12:26                           ` Ergus
2020-09-12 16:27                           ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 14:52                         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-12 15:37                           ` Ergus
2020-09-12 17:02                             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-12 17:26                               ` TEC
     [not found]                                 ` <87o8maj1kh.fsf@gmail.com>
2020-09-12 18:27                                   ` TEC
2020-09-12 19:57                                   ` Ergus
2020-09-13  5:53                                     ` TEC
2020-09-12 21:22                                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-13  5:49                                     ` TEC
2020-09-15  6:54                                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt [this message]
2020-09-16  2:49                                         ` TEC
2020-09-13  8:00                                   ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13  9:04                                     ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-13 10:17                                       ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13 14:26                                         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-13 14:43                                           ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-13 15:22                                             ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-13  9:16                                     ` Colin Baxter
2020-09-12 19:46                               ` Ergus
2020-09-12 21:22                                 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 21:22                                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-13  1:14                                   ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-15  6:54                                     ` toggle-light-dark-mode (was: Re: "modern" colors Re: Changes for emacs 28) Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-15 17:51                                       ` toggle-light-dark-mode Caio Henrique
2020-09-15 19:03                                         ` toggle-light-dark-mode Juri Linkov
2020-09-15 20:10                                           ` toggle-light-dark-mode Caio Henrique
2020-09-16 19:31                                             ` toggle-light-dark-mode Juri Linkov
2020-09-16 20:14                                               ` toggle-light-dark-mode Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-09-16 20:32                                                 ` toggle-light-dark-mode Juri Linkov
2020-09-16 20:59                                                 ` toggle-light-dark-mode Stefan Monnier
2020-09-17 14:34                                               ` toggle-light-dark-mode Arthur Miller
2020-09-12 17:43                             ` "modern" colors Re: Changes for emacs 28 Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-12 19:53                               ` Ergus
2020-09-12 19:59                                 ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-12 20:09                                   ` Ergus
2020-09-13  8:07                                   ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-12 20:13                                 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-13 15:09                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 16:22                                     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-13 16:45                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 19:49                                         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-13 20:16                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-13 21:43                                             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-13 21:45                                               ` Ergus
2020-09-13 22:18                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-13 22:26                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-13 21:45                                               ` Ergus
2020-09-13 22:16                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-13 22:24                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-14 14:44                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 16:45                                                 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-14 17:15                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-14 17:29                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 19:47                                                     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-14 20:20                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-15  7:40                                                         ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-15 14:34                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-15 14:50                                                             ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-15 15:51                                                               ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-15 16:01                                                                 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-15 16:30                                                                   ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-15 16:05                                                                 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-15 16:30                                                                   ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-15 16:11                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-15 16:31                                                                   ` Yuri Khan
2020-09-15 14:18                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 14:39                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 14:47                                               ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-14 16:07                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 16:35                                                   ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-14 14:38                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-14 16:46                                             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-13  3:57                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-13  3:57                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-13 14:16                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-15  6:54                           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-11 23:29                     ` Philip K.
2020-09-12 11:10                       ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-12 11:44                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-12 12:46                         ` Ergus
2020-09-12 16:24                       ` Drew Adams
2020-09-12 13:16                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-12 13:55                     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-09-12 14:31                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-13  0:17                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-12 14:52                       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-09-13  0:44                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-09  3:46 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-09  6:26   ` TEC
2020-09-09 15:43     ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-09-12 14:21 "modern" colors " ej32u
2020-09-12 14:21 ej32u
2020-09-12 16:29 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-13  0:36 arthur miller
2020-09-13  0:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-14  3:49   ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-14  5:14     ` TEC
2020-09-14  6:35       ` Ergus
2020-09-14  8:18         ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2020-09-14  9:48           ` Ergus
2020-09-15  4:35       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-14 15:19     ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-15  4:44       ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-18 13:32       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-18 16:06         ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-18 16:17           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-18 17:14             ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-18 18:43               ` Stefan Kangas
2020-09-18 19:01                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-15  6:38   ` Marcus Harnisch
2020-09-15 15:54     ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-13  1:26 arthur miller
2020-09-13 11:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-13 11:50   ` Arthur Miller
2020-09-13 17:29     ` Dmitry Gutov

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