using require

lisp/init-display.el

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+;;; Display settings
+
+;; better visibility of cursor in console sessions
+(unless (display-graphic-p)
+  ;; instead of closing the terminal, just kill the buffer
+  (global-set-key (kbd "C-x c") 'kill-this-buffer)
+  (set-face-attribute 'fringe nil :inverse-video t)
+  (invert-face 'default)
+  (invert-face 'mode-line))
+
+(use-package solarized-theme
+             :ensure t
+             :config
+             (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")
+
+
+(provide 'init-display)
+;;; init-display.el ends here