Re: [External] : Running emacs without any customisation

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 4:45 PM
> From: "uzibalqa" <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Po Lu" <luangruo@yahoo.com>, pquessev@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [External] :  Running emacs without any customisation
>
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Friday, October 14th, 2022 at 3:49 AM, Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> wrote:
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> > > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 3:19 PM
> > > From: "Po Lu" luangruo@yahoo.com
> > > To: "Christopher Dimech" dimech@gmx.com
> > > Cc: pquessev@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > Subject: Re: [External] : Running emacs without any customisation
> > >
> > > Christopher Dimech dimech@gmx.com writes:
> > >
> > > > Aren't X resource settings overriding the equivalent settings in Emacs
> > > > init files for parameters of the initial frame?
> > >
> > > No. What the OP is complaining about is X resources providing defaults
> > > when nothing is set in the user init file.
> >
> >
> > It could be that the OP set up a black system theme, and emacs is taking
> > the information from there. That's why he is seeing a dark emacs instance
> > when using the command "emacs".
> >
> > Have no idea about what is the minimum settings for init file, that stops
> > settings form X resources taking effect. There are so many ways information
> > can be obtained that it could be difficult to track. Hence the confusion.
>
> I generally have my init file without inhibiting x-resources.  Because my init
> file is broken, I got to rely on some default setup.  Would there be side-effects
> if I always inhibit x-resources when using my init file?
>
> The problem I have with using x-resources is that the text in the mode line
> is extremely difficult to read.  Cannot see a thing.

Perhaps we could do as follows.  Emacs could provide light-default.el and
dark-default.el for the case when users need a quick emacs setup that is
easy to read.  Might use modus-themes because I would think has the best
visibility for both light and dark theme.  And there would be no need
to inhibit x-resources as is standard.