From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Suvayu Ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a dark theme? Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:08:19 +0200 Message-ID: <20140717150819.GB2609@chitra.no-ip.org> References: <87fvi1yw28.fsf@skimble.plus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405609728 1935 80.91.229.3 (17 Jul 2014 15:08:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:08:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 17 17:08:43 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X7nIT-0003t1-3z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:08:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7nIS-00061y-Ge for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:08:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57327) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7nIG-00061f-O0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:08:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7nIF-0004cd-Ie for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:08:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]:63097) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7nIF-0004cR-7r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id d1so2932211wiv.15 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:08:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=684ovUgRN+yQeKghbT4NbLcrf4ThBQncrQCMNFzgDcI=; b=vub3vbXtHsf7dT5laU5uka1HpJoqta7O7SLI43hEL0uOkAhyv46xIIlj3K3I9Jk7LD TxxEuMXLRj6PwSuJoVovaDoSn1dEVdG80lroAvo3sNwLnWGojZAsJBLd87mZXVGu6jHM gZibh9j0liWJir7shd6yjioIxbcSdbxE2jHwokIzCAcB0Cgc70Pp7QotjYZA0vHHoZHP L0BwJgWE2IKXD5+xFrnl1M9Ck+6kHOvuNgsl2Rr+4RrcTof0m6vE6w9Okki63ONWFt2l ZlQtXFALf1uTfkeMoR18FXYgHHT0cgvty/NwxP7sTT16RgyvAvQC37lXkHXqfCPOCMjp ccSA== X-Received: by 10.195.13.79 with SMTP id ew15mr43762156wjd.19.1405609702400; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:08:22 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from chitra.no-ip.org ([2001:610:120:3001:2ad2:44ff:fe4a:b029]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o12sm69465518wiw.5.2014.07.17.08.08.21 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87fvi1yw28.fsf@skimble.plus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::236 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98726 Archived-At: Hi Sharon, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 07:53:35PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I'm hoping that someone can advise me, I'm looking for a theme to use > with emacs and gnus which has a dark background, but also allows me to > read all the text in a gmail which currently appears as nearly-white on > a slightly-grey background. > > I've recently been using aalto-dark, aalto-light, adwaita, alect-black-alt, > tsdh-dark and all have failed the gmail test. I'm currently using tango, > which is the complete reverse of what I'm looking for. > > Can anyone help please? I can recommend a theme I maintain: https://github.com/suvayu/.emacs.d/blob/master/themes/dark-emacs-theme.el -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.