bug#46396: 27.1.90; Ediff's non-focused diff section, background too light in --reverse

[Matt Armstrong]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

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>> The issues I see with ediff-current-* faces are arguably a tangent to
>> this bug. Perhaps those faces could use :distant-foreground as well, for
>> similar reasons?
>
> I'm not sure if it's possible to find such default colors that would
> work well for all standard themes.  But there is no need to use
> :distant-foreground in themes, because the authors of themes can find
> the right combination of the default/ediff colors and adjust their themes
> accordingly.
>
>> As for the background colors possibly being quite similar to the theme's
>> background, I'm not sure what to do about that.
>
> Implementing something like :distant-background is less important than
> :distant-foreground, because :distant-foreground is important to
> make the text readable, while :distant-background would only help
> making the background color differ from the default background color.

Thanks again for the fix.

Yes, I have long wondered if the experience of making and using themes
could be better. Today it seems like the best course of action is to
customize all known faces in your theme, at least if you'd like it to
look great in all cases. Otherwise the appearance is a bit of a gamble.