From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: night-mode?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:06:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM0PR06MB6577D65FF1FCB4B104E780C496FC0@AM0PR06MB6577.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X7t0oJdJsempF3Nz@protected.rcdrun.com> (Jean Louis's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:36:48 +0300")
Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
>> I think brain is used to look at things, to connect colours to some
>> semantic meaning, that is the purpose of syntax colouring (part
>> Solarize got correct because they don't change accent colours); and
>> suddenly you just pull it away and reconfigure everything. I am sure
>> it is not hard and happends uncoscious, but it still is extra work
>> for the brain; isn't it?
>
> I would say the same before just one year or two years, and
> preferences changed. For years I used colors in `mutt' and rejected
> ever using it plain black white. Colors helped me recognize quote
> levels, I could quickly locate pieces of information on screen. Since
> I removed all colors I find it pleasant and less disturbing without
> colors. And I would not say that I would ever enjoy simplicity before
> even one month.
> Now I can change to any built-in theme and it needs 2-3 seconds
> to accommodate the eyes and I am fine. But I do not change my default
> face, so more or less only colors change.
Isn't that what I am talking about :-). Brain needs a bit of time to
adapt.
> I would be using more EXWM if there would be no swapping
> problems or maybe memory leaks preventing me to use long sessions,
> bugs which are now being researched.
Indeed, I would really like to have everythign in same process, so I
could C-x C-b between other X11 windows just as I can between Emacs
buffers, but I am affraid of Emacs locking me out of desktop.
> Good, only that I do not have efficiency, I am mostlyu using T410 or
> T400 Thinkpad and maybe that is why. It is fast on desktop.
If you use an old laptop, shouldn't you bee worried about efficiency
even more? I mean as few extras and as tiny things as you can? My
current emacs init starts in around ~0.2 secs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-23 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-20 21:25 night-mode? Stefan Monnier
2020-11-21 2:36 ` night-mode? Pankaj Jangid
2020-11-21 5:00 ` Modus themes toggle (was: night-mode?) Protesilaos Stavrou
2020-11-21 7:22 ` Modus themes toggle Pankaj Jangid
2020-11-21 19:21 ` night-mode? Juri Linkov
2020-11-21 21:20 ` night-mode? Stefan Monnier
2020-11-22 8:40 ` night-mode? Juri Linkov
2020-11-22 15:09 ` night-mode? Stefan Monnier
2020-11-22 15:16 ` night-mode? Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-22 16:09 ` night-mode? Jean Louis
2020-11-22 19:55 ` night-mode? Stefan Monnier
2020-11-22 16:38 ` night-mode? Arthur Miller
2020-11-22 17:27 ` night-mode? Jean Louis
2020-11-23 7:21 ` night-mode? Arthur Miller
2020-11-23 8:36 ` night-mode? Jean Louis
2020-11-23 17:06 ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2020-11-23 19:38 ` night-mode? Jean Louis
2020-11-24 8:55 ` night-mode? Arthur Miller
2020-11-24 9:47 ` night-mode? Jean Louis
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2020-11-22 0:03 ` night-mode? Caio Henrique
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