customized mode-line colors

conf-lisp/display.el

@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@
 (use-package solarized-theme
              :ensure t
              :config
-             (load-theme 'solarized-dark t))
+             (load-theme 'solarized-dark-high-contrast t))
 
 ;;; ** increase default font size on startup
 (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 133)
+
+;; customize mode-line colors to have a little more contrast to the content
+;; for reference, I used thes color codes as a base:
+;; https://gist.github.com/ninrod/b0f86d77ebadaccf7d9d4431dd8e2983
+;; and tweaked them in gimp a little
+(set-face-background 'mode-line "#02161B") ;; base02 darkened
+(set-face-foreground 'mode-line-inactive "#4d4d4d") ;; just grey
+(set-face-background 'mode-line-inactive "#02161B")

init.el

@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ '(custom-safe-themes
+   '("7f1d414afda803f3244c6fb4c2c64bea44dac040ed3731ec9d75275b9e831fe5" default))
  '(package-selected-packages
    '(tramp dictcc beacon which-key goto-last-change browse-kill-ring fringe-current-line swiper smex undo-tree fic-mode cmake-mode yaml-mode windresize web-mode use-package tablist solarized-theme smartparens rust-mode projectile persistent-scratch org-bullets markdown-mode magit iedit ibuffer-vc ibuffer-tramp hydra htmlize highlight-indentation go-mode eyebrowse elmacro dumb-jump dired-ranger dired-k dired-filter default-text-scale change-inner buffer-move))
  '(safe-local-variable-values '((ruby-indent-level 4)))