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

[wael-zwaiter]

Could emacs internally figure out the colour settings and determine if the 
contrast
between the foreground and background is high enough.  And if not high enough 
to change
the foreground and background colour.  Particularly when user supplies the -q 
option
whilst debugging. 

Wael

> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 4:28 PM
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> To: "wael-zwaiter@gmx.com" <wael-zwaiter@gmx.com>, "Óscar Fuentes" 
> <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Cannot see what is written on modeline
>
> > > -q --no-x-resources  Problem goes away
> 
> So it sounds like it's your X Resources.
> 
> But here's another thought, since you said
> that it happens only (or more strongly?) when
> the window with the mode-line is selected:
> 
> `M-x customize-face mode-line'
> 
> For the mode-line when the window is _not_
> selected:
> 
> `M-x customize-face mode-line-inactive'
>