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Re: Add four new Modus themes to Emacs?
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Tim Cross |
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Re: Add four new Modus themes to Emacs? |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:12:17 +1100 |
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mu4e 1.9.7; emacs 29.0.60 |
Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com> writes:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am developing version-4 of the modus-themes. Part of this endeavour
> is the creation of four new themes. Originally, we had 'modus-operandi'
> (light theme) and 'modus-vivendi' (dark theme). They are the ones that
> are shipped with Emacs since version 28.
>
> The new themes:
>
> - 'modus-operandi-tinted' :: Has a light ochre ("earthly") set of
> backgrounds and a few other tweaks that make it easier on the eyes of
> some users.
>
> - 'modus-vivendi-tinted' :: It is a night sky theme, meant to be easier
> on the eyes of some people than its 'modus-vivendi' counterpart.
>
> - 'modus-operandi-deuteranopia' :: Like 'modus-operandi' but optimised
> for users with red-green colour deficiency (deuteranopia). In
> practice, this means that it does NOT use red+green colour coding,
> such as in diff buffers, replacing those with hues that people with
> deuteranopia (or deuteranomaly) can discern.
>
> - 'modus-vivendi-deuteranopia' :: Same as above, but for the dark theme.
>
> All new themes are consistent with the WCAG AAA accessibility standard
> for colour contrast.
>
> Should these four new themes be added to emacs.git when I release
> version-4? Or should I just update only 'modus-operandi' and
> 'modus-vivendi'?
>
> My plan is to finalise version-4 by the end of this month. It contains
> lots of changes.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> All the best,
> Protesilaos (or simply "Prot")
Really looking forward to the updated and new themes. I use the
modus-vivendi theme which I've tweaked slightly to have a very deep dark
green background. Overall, I think you have done an excellent job with
these themes and as someone with a significant vision impairment, I
really appreciate what you have done.