Re: The Gnus logo in the modeline is displayed with a non-transparent background

[Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org>]

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> On Feb 25 2018, asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote:
> 
> > Before I start looking into this [again], has anyone worked on a
> > solution, half-, or almost-, or perhaps ¼-done?
> 
> Worksforme (with Emacs 26.0.91).

Me, too: Emacs 26.0.91 and 27.0.50 (changeset cdb3bda532).

I remember exchanging emails with Adam about this in the past.  I found
one message from that conversation (January 2016, subject "*Group* mode
line"), but the message doesn't include the resolution, and I can't
remember what the answer was.  Maybe it was something about the format
of the file that Emacs is pulling the logo from (e.g., xpm versus xbm)?

Or maybe there was something about the way Gnus constructs the modeline?
MH-E also includes a tiny logo in the modeline, and I have this vague
memory that MH-E does it differently than Gnus.  But looking at
#'gnus-mode-line-buffer-identification and #'mh-logo-display, the image
handling looks pretty similar.

mike