Re: Easy way to make Emacs look more "modern"

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi!

On 10.04.2022 00:13, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil
>                      :height 110
>                      :background "grey88"
>                      :box '(:line-width 4 :color "grey88" :style nil))
> (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-inactive nil
>                      :height 110
>                      :background "grey95"
>                      :box '(:line-width 4 :color "grey95" :style nil))

That actually does look better. Or more "modern", at least.

Another thing I would suggest -- is use lighter background for the 
currently selected window (compared to the unselected). That is, I'd 
swap the faces in the two statements above.

Emacs currently defaults to the light-background theme and uses a darker 
background in the mode-line of the current window. That makes is lower 
contrast than the non-selected ones. It feels counter-productive and 
seems to go against the contemporary practice in this area.