From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: New Org-mode talk by Carsten Dominik Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:39:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NoIZN-0004gk-Hy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:39:05 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57821 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NoIZM-0004gZ-QU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:39:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NoIZL-000345-Tb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:39:04 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:47493) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NoIZL-00033x-Ml for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:39:03 -0500 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1176262ewy.33 for ; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:39:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Tom Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mar 7, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Tom wrote: > Stefan Vollmar 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...