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Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline
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wael-zwaiter |
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Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline |
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Tue, 18 May 2021 17:19:58 +0200 |
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 1:09 AM
> From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> 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 think that the OP is saying that he looked up the colors through M-x
> customize-face, not that he *setted* them.
>
> I asked him to make some experiments to determine the source of those
> colors, but his last message in our exchange contained only quoted text
> from previous messages.
I replied with the following
-q --no-x-resources Problem goes away
-q --no-site-file Problem exists
-q --no-site-lisp Problem exists
It was then determined that X Resource was doing that.
> > 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?
>
> In general, that feature could avoid the scenario where by accident or
> ignorance the user sets a background and foreground so similar to each
> other that the customize-face interface itself becomes unreadable.
It isn't practical to set resources that are used by every application.
You'll need to add or override some settings for particular applications.
> Instead of asking before applying the changes, is could be better to ask
> after the changes are visible, using a temporary "safe" color
> combination on the minibuffer: "your changes look like this, do you want
> to keep them?".
>
>
>
- Re: RE: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, (continued)
- Re: RE: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, wael-zwaiter, 2021/05/17
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, tomas, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, wael-zwaiter, 2021/05/18
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- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, wael-zwaiter, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, wael-zwaiter, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, Óscar Fuentes, 2021/05/18
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- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, tomas, 2021/05/18
- Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/18
Re: Cannot see what is written on modeline, Óscar Fuentes, 2021/05/17