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

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 3:11 AM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 04:45:27PM +0200, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> > wael-zwaiter@gmx.com writes:
> > 
> > >> Then you (or something you loaded) customized that face.
> > >>
> > >> The point in telling you about `M-x customize-face' was
> > >> that you can use that to revert to the uncustomized
> > >> (default) appearance, and you can use it to customize
> > >> faces to any appearance you like.
> > >
> > > Should emacs allow X-Resource customisations when the result is not good
> > > because it does not take into account computations based on the contrast
> > > ratio?
> > 
> > Yes, of course. Why Emacs should ignore what it is requested to do?
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> How should a program know whether some config is intentional?
> Given the dazzling diversity of displays out there, "not good"
> can depend on many factors.

The contrast ratio is a good metric to determine suitability.  For instance,
the AAA requirement constitutes a contrast ratio of 7:1 to compensate for
contrast sensitivity loss by low-vision users with a vision loss of 20/80
or more. 

> Cheers
>  - t
>