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bug#2454: 23.0.90; Colored Compilation Status is hard on the eyes
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#2454: 23.0.90; Colored Compilation Status is hard on the eyes |
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Date: |
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:04:09 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> Sure.
>
> I'm referring to the color used by the compilation status in the mode
> line (one of :exit[0], :exit[SOMETHING ELSE], or :run). The orange
> and green used here hurt. The red is passable, but still not good.
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> I believe the mode-line and mode-line inactive faces contribute the
> background color and compilation-error, compilation-warning, and
> compilation-info contribute the foreground color. The problem is that
> they don't contrast well with the mode-line's default bg colors.
> Orange on Gray75 hurts my eyes, as does Green3 on Gray75, or Red1
> on Gray75.
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> I'd suggest using darker foreground colors, so they don't hurt
> my eyes.
Or maybe using a light background (white) for these messages in the
mode-line, i.e. to use exacly the same default foreground/background
they currently have in a compilation/grep buffer.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/