* mode-line-highlight
@ 2005-06-02 17:10 Stefan Monnier
2005-06-02 18:10 ` mode-line-highlight Masatake YAMATO
2005-06-06 13:19 ` mode-line-highlight Juri Linkov
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2005-06-02 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
[ I guess this is going to start a useless preference-war, but who knows,
maybe we're sufficiently clever not to go down that path. ]
I just wanted to mention that I didn't like the default RoyalBlue4/white
appearance of the mode-line-highlight. It doesn't bother me, but I just
found it loud and ugly.
If people like it, I have no objection to keeping it the way it is (I've
already customized it for myself), but maybe we can use something less
unpleasant to my sense of aesthetics.
What I use instead of
:background "RoyalBlue4" :foreground "white"
is
:box (:line-width 2 :color "grey40" :style released-button)
It's much more subdued and sticks to the general grey appearance of
GUI elements. Also it makes those elements appear as buttons, which I find
to be a good choice for something which can be activated with a click.
Stefan "ducks & cover"
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* Re: mode-line-highlight
2005-06-02 17:10 mode-line-highlight Stefan Monnier
@ 2005-06-02 18:10 ` Masatake YAMATO
2005-06-06 13:19 ` mode-line-highlight Juri Linkov
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From: Masatake YAMATO @ 2005-06-02 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
> :background "RoyalBlue4" :foreground "white")
I've just tried your setting and I agree with you; I've found
your definition is better than mine obviously.
New definition fits well with mode-line face.
Masatake YAMATO
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* Re: mode-line-highlight
2005-06-02 17:10 mode-line-highlight Stefan Monnier
2005-06-02 18:10 ` mode-line-highlight Masatake YAMATO
@ 2005-06-06 13:19 ` Juri Linkov
2005-06-07 3:32 ` mode-line-highlight Masatake YAMATO
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From: Juri Linkov @ 2005-06-06 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: jet, emacs-devel
> I just wanted to mention that I didn't like the default RoyalBlue4/white
> appearance of the mode-line-highlight. It doesn't bother me, but I just
> found it loud and ugly.
>
> What I use instead of
>
> :background "RoyalBlue4" :foreground "white"
> is
> :box (:line-width 2 :color "grey40" :style released-button)
>
> It's much more subdued and sticks to the general grey appearance of
> GUI elements. Also it makes those elements appear as buttons, which I find
> to be a good choice for something which can be activated with a click.
Yes, the current colors are too loud. I already proposed to inherit
`mode-line-highlight' from `highlight'. I still think this is a good
default setting.
But for the 88-colors case (i.e. where the active mode line is
displayed as a big button) your proposal is better. However, it
looks strange to put a released button over a bigger released button.
Maybe the shape of the pressed button for the mode-line-highlight
is better, i.e.:
:box (:line-width -1 :color "grey40" :style pressed-button)
BTW, long ago I customized mode-line-inactive in .emacs to a
pressed button:
((t (:inherit mode-line :box (:line-width -1 :style pressed-button))))
It seems logical when the inactive mode line is displayed as
a pressed button while the active mode line is a released button.
PS: There is no distinction currently between active and inactive
modelines on TTY. Should it be?
PPS: I can't find mode-line-highlight documented in (info "(emacs)Faces").
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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