Re: horrid color choices in 5.4.25

[David Moore <dmoore@UCSD.EDU>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
> 
> > At some point, it could be fun to support desktop themes in customize.
> > That is, each face could have many different values depending on which
> > desktop theme the user had chosen.  This would allow the user to
> > choose between the old `Angry Fruit Salad' theme and the new `Shades
> > of Purity' theme.  More themes could be added when the artist among us
> > feel inspired.
> 
> Yes, that would be nice.  Luis came up with a number of color
> combinations for the Gnus splash logo (under XEmacs), and the user can
> choose between these by changing `gnus-xmas-logo-color-style'.  (The
> default is `flame'.)  Fiddling with specific colors is much too much
> work, while just setting a "style" is quite fun.

Just in case anyone here is interested, I've been collecting color
settings from people on the xemacs-beta list.  The settings are being
provided on a web page along with some views of those colorings in
different modes.  The thought here is to let people see different setups
in action and then be able to try them.  I'm hoping this will provide a
potential starting place for collections of consistent color settings,
as mentioned above.

SO, if you have customized your face coloring, fonts, backgrounds,
anything in XEmacs and/or Gnus generally, please send me a copy of your
.Xdefaults, .emacs-options, etc files.  And I'll try to incorporate them
once I get my script working again.

Also, I'd _really_ like full screen captures of people using XEmacs (and
Gnus!), so people can get a feel for things other than Gnus colors.
It's interesting to see how other people layout windows, sizes, screen
background colors, etc.  I'd prefer a URL for gifs, but you can send
mime if you have no web server capability.

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