From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Dark mode by default Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:01:59 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1730"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 00:02:39 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHDbR-0000LO-Sa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:02:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42414 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHDbQ-0003UU-US for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHDaw-00033A-BZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:58450) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHDau-0008D6-8b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 5D7E544106D; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:02 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C16C3441053; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:00 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1599948120; bh=nKfkezsrCDQ62deCr4Qn6LU90/HC2alrY9RXl2Jel3c=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=K15xy+aMZXak0OVRWNGZUYhj7jWxpwk4QWX4ospARLuNKeOgEAIwaz3Lx8rikbf97 9iNA3PyUHDWtgt5sUbJBGdbL/0/QFSTJacDhVwBmj5SYT5mlyocLL3NdsM7YDYGjDt Kp8NpU+uAG/uoWI+9Z2zQYvzdVi22htWi5h2fhgIrHux0yxMXxo+sXpwYY8BtyCKlL T+7OkPnp8m5vdmskyUeyQcekzN5LgzjcyBWXT+9x31rMovPikHGaVk39xQ46ep8mJf 48HtvkVzDUL2O7R8Sslqmif4uLRGl51G4/q9hR5jYm9NvkW/jyBSp+XdMUh5GZiA1J kctxUdDXXiI0A== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.232.131]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 960DD120237; Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:02:00 -0400 (EDT) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/12 18:02:02 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:255412 Archived-At: The recent proposal to use dark mode by default brings up a technical question: I thought Emacs's default foreground and background colors were not hardcoded by Emacs but were taken from the user's "general" config (i.e. the desktop environment). Does this mechanism fail to work for some reason, or have desktop environments just stopped providing that info? Stefan