Re: [External] : Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern"

[Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>]

On 10/04/2022 04:41, Visuwesh wrote:
> [ஞாயிறு ஏப்ரல் 10, 2022] Drew Adams wrote:
> 
>>>> There's less contrast in the backgrounds of
>>>> active and inactive than what we've had - > so it's harder to see
>>> which is active.
>>>
>>> How do you define contrast? I am proposing to change only the box
>>> color:
>>> the active box color to a lighter shade and the inactive one to a
>>> lighter shade. I think the contrast overall is unchanged. But I admit
>>> that I haven't mathematically computer it.
>>
>> I just pulled up Emacs 27.2 twice (`emacs -Q')
>> and applied your code in one of those instances.
>>
>> Opened two buffers in two frames, in each instance,
>> to compare.
>>
>> It's easier without your changes to tell which
>> window is selected (active mode-line).  Nothing
>> mathematical.  Try it, and I think you'll see what
>> I mean.
>>
> 
> +1.  The contrast is really poor.  This is why I like the Emacs default:
> the difference in the background colour combined with the different box
> style makes it easy to find the active window.  Moreover, the padding
> around the mode-line is excessive and with the scroll-bar turned on, it
> looks funny.

Thank you for giving it a spin. I appreciate the comments. Is this with 
the minimal change I propose, or with the extended one that also changes 
the background colors?

I should also add that I have different preferred color themes and 
tweaks for different monitors and different work environments. I used 
for a while the flattened mode-line only in one combination of these. It 
seems fine here, but I may come to your same conclusion in other setups.

I think restoring the contrast is very easy tweaking the distance 
between the background colors. Maybe the merit of removing the 3D box 
and increasing the padding (box line width technically) should be 
evaluated separately from the exact choice of colors.

Cheers,
Dan