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<p>I just published version <code>0.6.0</code> of the Modus themes. These are my
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highly-accessible themes for GNU Emacs. They conform with the WCAG AAA
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standard for colour contrast accessibility (a minimum contrast ratio of
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7:1 between the foreground and background values). You can find the
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packages on MELPA (and soon on ELPA as well):</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>modus-operandi-theme</code> (light)</li>
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<li><code>modus-vivendi-theme</code> (dark)</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<p>This release contains lots of refinements and additions.</p>
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<p>Let me start with an administrative point: I have completed the process
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of assigning my copy rights to the Free Software Foundation. This
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covers every contribution I make to GNU Emacs. In practice, it means
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that the Modus themes can now be included in the official ELPA archive
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and theoretically be shipped with Emacs itself. The ELPA inclusion is
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ongoing. Once it is completed, I will update the docs accordingly.</p>
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<p>The administrative change has no effect on the way this project is
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handled. I still am the developer/maintainer and will continue to
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improve things further. If you still have questions, feel free to
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contact me: https://protesilaos.com/contact</p>
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<p>Moving on to the changes since version 0.5.0 (2020-01-26).</p>
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<p>Added support for:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>alert</li>
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<li>apropos (built-in)</li>
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<li>dap-mode</li>
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<li>deft</li>
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<li>dim-autoload</li>
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<li>dired-git</li>
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<li>enhanced-ruby-mode</li>
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<li>gbd-mi.el (built-in library)</li>
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<li>helm-ls-git</li>
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<li>helm-xref</li>
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<li>imenu-list</li>
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<li>jira (org-jira)</li>
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<li>js2-mode</li>
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<li>jupyter</li>
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<li>org-pomodoro</li>
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<li>origami</li>
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<li>rmail (built-in)</li>
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<li>vc-print-log (built-in)</li>
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<li>window-divider-mode (built-in)</li>
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<li>xref (built-in)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Refinements to existing faces:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>A new subset of “nuanced” accent colours has been introduced. These
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are named {red,green,yellow,blue,magenta,cyan}-nuanced. Their purpose
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is to be used in contexts where lots of structured information is
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presented to the user, but each component does not need to draw too much
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attention to itself (e.g. Org’s metadata). As always, their contrast
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ratio is designed to always be >= 7:1 relative to the backgrounds they
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may be combined with.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Greatly improve the support for Gnus, even though most changes are
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subtle and are made in the interest of consistency. The group levels
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now make use of the “nuanced” palette where appropriate (to denote
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levels of lower importance).</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Several refinements for Org, including the use of “nuanced” colours
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for various metadata tags. The agenda headers will now be scaled
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appropriately and use a variable-pitch font if the user sets the
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relevant customisation values of the theme they are using (check the
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documentation in each theme file or the repo’s README).</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Lots of refinements for Helm. Some of these were introduced to align
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the overall aesthetic with equivalent metaphors in Ivy. Others are
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meant to improve the styles of the headers and make various constructs
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consistent with their variants in the Helm ecosystem but also with their
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non-Helm counterparts (such as xref file names with and without Helm,
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but also with Helm’s grep).</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Improve the colours of buttons in contexts such as M-x customize.
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This is especially noticeable in modus-vivendi-theme (the dark theme)
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where the buttons are a darker shade of grey rather than the original
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lighter one.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Keycast now uses styles that are more consistent with the overall
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aesthetic of the Modus themes. This means that the mode line indicators
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are blue-ish (blue is generally used for highlights in the mode line,
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but also when hovering over an item with the mouse pointer). The pseudo
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button effect (colours + 3d) has been removed in favour of a flat look,
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in line with the flatness of the mode line itself. Whereas before the
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keycast faces where designed to be consistent with the package’s
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defaults.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>There were also a few minor refinements for:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>calendar and diary</li>
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<li>icomplete</li>
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<li>mm-uu-extract</li>
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<li>nobreak-hyphen and nobreak-space</li>
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<li>org-habit</li>
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<li>tooltip-mode</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Finally, the Commentary section of each theme has been greatly expanded.
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It now includes the user-facing customisation options and the complete
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list of supported packages.</p>
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<hr />
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<p>For more information, check the <a href="https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/modus-themes">git repository of the
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modus-themes</a>.</p>
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