Re: Re: New Org-mode talk by Carsten Dominik

From: Manuel Amador <amador.manuel@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: New Org-mode talk by Carsten Dominik
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:51:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <927aeeaf1003071051q7a70abb5j3116e87e49331832@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C728505B-B749-446C-AE3D-3A9F09617657@gmail.com>

Carsten,

Can we get a copy of the color configuration you are using?

-- Manuel

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 7, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Tom wrote:
>
>> Stefan Vollmar <vollmar <at> nf.mpg.de> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> Hallo,
>>>
>>> we proudly present:
>>>
>>> "Emacs Org-mode: Organizing a Scientist's Life and Work"
>>>
>>
>> I noticed the org color config in the talk was much
>> catchier (e.g. the keywords with bgcolor) than in the default org
>> config. It would be a good idea to make org more appealing by
>> coming up with a sexier color scheme. The appearance of org on
>> the main page of orgmode.org is very spartan and can be a turn
>> off for newbies who are used to applications with a more
>> elaborate visual design.
>>
>> I think a better choice of default colors could improve the first
>> impression a bit. Maybe people could send to the list screenshots
>> of their config and one of the better ones could be used as a new
>> default.
>
> The problem I see here is that if a new user downloads Emacs,
> it will have white background and only default colors.
>
> I could of course make the screenshot on orgmode.org with my
> color scheme[1], but then new users would not like the first
> impression they get when they download emacs and install Org.
>
> I am interested in a discussion about how to handle this issue.
>
> - Carsten
>
> [1] The color scheme is based on the scheme by Peter Jones, who
>    in particular came up with the idea to make the TODO keywords look
>    like buttons.  I use that idea, but with different colors.  The
>    exact colors were not my creation, because I am really not talended
>    in this area.  But I agree they look great - they were selected
>    by the same designer who created the special logo used on all
>    our spreadshirt shop items...
>
>
>
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-- 
Manuel