Version 1.3.0 of package Ef-Themes has just been released in GNU ELPA. You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Ef-Themes describes itself as: =========================== Colorful and legible themes =========================== More at https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ef-themes.html ## Summary: # Ef (εὖ) themes for GNU Emacs IMAGES HERE: <https://protesilaos.com/emacs/ef-themes-pictures>. The `ef-themes` are a collection of light and dark themes for GNU Emacs whose goal is to provide colorful ("pretty") yet legible options for users who want something with a bit more flair than the `modus-themes` (also designed by me). ## Recent NEWS: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHANGE LOG OF THE EF THEMES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This document contains the release notes for each tagged commit on the project's main git repository: <https://git.sr.ht/~protesilaos/ef-themes>. The newest release is at the top. For further details, please consult the manual: <https://protesilaos.com/emacs/ef-themes>. Version 1.3.0 on 2023-08-09 ═══════════════════════════ Try the aquatic "Maris" variants ──────────────────────────────── The `ef-maris-dark' and `ef-maris-light' are a pair of themes with a grey-blue background, combined with blue, cyan, and green accents. Much like the "Elea" variants that were published in version 1.2.0 of the `ef-themes', the "Maris" variants are optimal for those times where environmental lighting is neither too bright nor too dim. The blog post announcing and demonstrating the new themes: <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-07-22-ef-maris-dark-light/>. Screen shots for the entire collection here: <https://protesilaos.com/emacs/ef-themes-pictures>. There now are 26 themes in the `ef-themes' package, covering a broad range of preferences and needs. They all are highly legible and customisable (consult their manual). Shortdoc has consistent typography ────────────────────────────────── The default built-in `shortdoc' face inherit the `variable-pitch' face, which renders the text in the buffer proportionately spaced. To me, this feels out of place. If the user wants Help and related ancillary material to be typeset thus, they can enable `variable-pitch-mode' (e.g. via a hook). Thanks to Bruno Boal for pointing out that the Ef themes did not cover Shortdoc. The message was conveyed via a private channel and the information is shared with permission. Key bindings in minibuffer prompts stand out ──────────────────────────────────────────── Steve Molinor informed me about a case where a key binding was shown as part of the minibuffer prompt. For some Ef themes, the result was suboptimal due to the proximity of the colours involved. I made all the requisite tweaks, such that key bindings in prompts will stand out (always in accordance with the principle of avoiding exaggerations). Affected themes are: • `ef-bio-theme' • `ef-deuteranopia-dark-theme' • `ef-duo-light-theme' • `ef-elea-dark-theme' • `ef-elea-light-theme' • `ef-frost-theme' • `ef-night-theme' This was done in issue 24 on the GitHub mirror: <https://github.com/protesilaos/ef-themes/issues/24>. The `ace-window' package is supported ───────────────────────────────────── The `ace-window' package now uses colours that are aligned with the active Ef theme. This is mostly a stylistic consideration, except for the deuteranopia- and tritanopia- optimised themes, where the hue matters greatly. The Ef commands with completion use a "completion table" ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [ This is for advanced users or developers. ] Commands such as `ef-themes-select' and `ef-themes-preview-colors' use the minibuffer to pick a theme among the collection. In the past, the set of candidates did not have any metadata associated with it, so Emacs could not tell what it was completing against. The collection is now annotated with the completion category `theme'. Packages that can use this data include `consult', `embark', and `marginalia', while the built-in `completion-category-overrides' may be involved. For example, one may define a custom annotation function for Marginalia, such that the alignment of the doc strings is at column 40 instead of the generic default (I do not add any alignment at the theme level to keep it agnostic of the completion front-end). General refinements ─────────────────── :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: h:88d1103e-0e9a-4d52-b692-0714e37daf61 … …
