Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline

[wael-zwaiter@gmx.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 12:29 AM
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline
>
> > From: wael-zwaiter@gmx.com
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 14:12:48 +0200
> >
> > > Where did those colors come from? they are not the default colors.
> >
> > I took them from calling
> >
> >    M-x customize-face mode-line
>
> So you your self asked Emacs to use these colors? then I think Emacs
> shouldn't second-guess you.

I did not ask Emacs for them, they were populated there somehow, and
simply reported on their values.

Was using "emacs27 -q" (--no-init-file) to debug some problem with some
.el files I was working on.  I agree with you that if the user insists,
they should take effect.  Although a remark would help a user think more
about the options he uses.

> There could be a place to warn the user that these colors mean low
> contrast, when the user is about to save the changes.  Would that be
> good enough?

That would be good enough.  But the case of using "emacs -q" should impose
good contrast by default.  Some have suggested that it could have been
the X Environment that set up the mode-line that way.