bug#2454: 23.0.90; Colored Compilation Status is hard on the eyes

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

> Sure.
>
> I'm referring to the color used by the compilation status in the mode
> line (one of :exit[0], :exit[SOMETHING ELSE], or :run).  The orange
> and green used here hurt. The red is passable, but still not good.
>
> I believe the mode-line and mode-line inactive faces contribute the
> background color and compilation-error, compilation-warning, and
> compilation-info contribute the foreground color.  The problem is that
> they don't contrast well with the mode-line's default bg colors.
> Orange on Gray75 hurts my eyes, as does Green3 on Gray75, or Red1
> on Gray75.
>
> I'd suggest using darker foreground colors, so they don't hurt
> my eyes.

Or maybe using a light background (white) for these messages in the
mode-line, i.e. to use exacly the same default foreground/background
they currently have in a compilation/grep buffer.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/