GNU bug report logs - #45068
[PATCH] 28.0.50; Update Modus themes 1.0.2 (backward-incompatible)

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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, juri <at> linkov.net, Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>, 45068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45068: [PATCH] 28.0.50; Update Modus themes 1.0.2 (backward-incompatible)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:05:10 +0100

> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 at 8:08 PM
> From: "Stefan Kangas" <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "Protesilaos Stavrou" <info <at> protesilaos.com>
> Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, 45068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
> Subject: bug#45068: [PATCH] 28.0.50; Update Modus themes 1.0.2 (backward-incompatible)
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> >   . don't consider this a "theme", but a normal Lisp package (since it
> >     basically violates the conventions for writing a theme)
>
> I guess such violations of our old conventions are getting increasingly
> common in (third-party) Emacs theme development.  See for example:
>
>     https://github.com/bbatsov/solarized-emacs
>     https://github.com/hlissner/emacs-doom-themes
>
> FWIW, I think this is a sign of the health and maturity of Emacs theme
> development; code reuse is as useful in themes as in any other Lisp
> code.

I agree with that.  Themes like those of Protesilaos have reached a very
high standard and have recommended modus-themes as a default for emacs.

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