From: Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>, Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern"
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 23:34:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca454a30-9e83-6fc6-ffdf-cd6241b1f96c@grinta.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492f0b5a-798e-e9d0-9921-1d9b0ad49c12@yandex.ru>
On 09/04/2022 23:25, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 10.04.2022 00:13, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
>> (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil
>> :height 110
>> :background "grey88"
>> :box '(:line-width 4 :color "grey88" :style nil))
>> (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-inactive nil
>> :height 110
>> :background "grey95"
>> :box '(:line-width 4 :color "grey95" :style nil))
>
> That actually does look better. Or more "modern", at least.
>
> Another thing I would suggest -- is use lighter background for the
> currently selected window (compared to the unselected). That is, I'd
> swap the faces in the two statements above.
>
> Emacs currently defaults to the light-background theme and uses a darker
> background in the mode-line of the current window. That makes is lower
> contrast than the non-selected ones. It feels counter-productive and
> seems to go against the contemporary practice in this area.
I actually like the way it looks by default. This is why I classified
the change of color as a very subjective preference.
Note that the inactive windows get a lower contrast modeline via a
thinner font (if you use a font that support thin weights, many do not)
and a lighter foreground.
Changing the box style minimally invasive but IMHO improves the look
significantly. Of course others may disagree and this is why Emacs is
maximally customizable :-)
Cheers,
Dan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-09 21:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-09 21:13 Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern" Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 21:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-09 21:34 ` Daniele Nicolodi [this message]
2022-04-09 21:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-09 21:43 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-04-09 21:49 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 21:54 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-09 22:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-04-10 1:57 ` Drew Adams
2022-04-10 2:41 ` Visuwesh
2022-04-10 6:38 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 6:47 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 8:04 ` Visuwesh
2022-04-10 6:13 ` tomas
2022-04-09 23:20 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-10 1:12 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 13:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-04-10 1:10 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 6:44 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 6:50 ` Po Lu
2022-04-10 6:58 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2022-04-10 12:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-10 12:28 ` Po Lu
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-04-11 8:49 Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2022-04-11 9:25 ` Daniele Nicolodi
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