Version 1.5.0 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 1.5.0 on 2024-01-11 ═══════════════════════════ The new `ef-arbutus' and `ef-rosa' themes ───────────────────────────────────────── The `ef-arbutus' theme combines red and green colours against a mild light red-pink background. The announcement article contains screenshots: <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-12-29-ef-arbutus/>. The `ef-rosa' theme has a deep dark red-brown background with a blend of magenta and green foregrounds. Check the blog post for pictures: <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-01-06-emacs-ef-rosa/>. These two new entries bring the total count of the collection to 30. Remember that you can set the user option `ef-themes-to-toggle' to two themes in the collection and switch between them with the command `ef-themes-toggle'. For example: ┌──── │ (setq ef-themes-to-toggle '(ef-arbutus ef-rosa)) └──── Otherwise, use the command `ef-themes-load-random' (call it with a `C-u' prefix argument to limit the result to either dark or light themes, else call it from Lisp, like `(ef-themes-load-random 'dark)'). Stopped the `transient' buffers from trying semantic key colouration ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In a recent version of `transient.el', there is a new user option that applies colour-coding to keys (e.g. we see those while using `magit'): `transient-semantic-coloring'. This option is enabled by default, changing the previous style that was used as a reference for all my designs. The idea with such colour coding is to indicate when a key continues to display the transient, exits with a given action, and the like. For our purposes this interface cannot work: • We need some place to teach users what each colour means, as there are no indicators of any sort to help them (whereas, say, in diff buffers we have the plus and minus signs). • Not all hues are suitable for highlighting a single character. In light themes, for example, green and yellow colours are TERRIBLE choices for the requirements of this interface where the key must be clearly visible. But when we introduce multiple colours, each with their own meaning, we will not be able to avoid those hues. • The style of key bindings is not limited to `transient.el'. We find them when we invoke `M-x', do `M-x describe-bindings', while using the `which-key' package, and many more. If we are to change how `transient.el' shows key bindings, then we have to retain the same visual cues for other contexts. Otherwise, everything is inconsistent. • All themes must use the same colours to preserve the colour coding, thus removing an important aspect of their presentation. • This whole paradigm does not work for themes that are optimised for users with colour deficiency, due to the reduced number of suitable hues. With deuteranopia, for example, we can only rely on yellow and blue: since yellow is not optimal for single key highlights against a light backdrop, blue is the only hue that works in such a context. The `ef-themes' will not support this user option. All relevant faces use the style of standard key bindings. Themes can enforce user option values, but I have decided to change the faces instead to better communicate my intent. If a user wants semantic colouring, they can change the faces to whatever they like. The `evil' prompts now show the correct colours ─────────────────────────────────────────────── While using `evil-mode', the ex prompts no longer use their generic … …
