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+So just to be clear, right now we are currently streaming. So
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+if you want to answer with your voice, you can as well. Oh, I'm
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+sorry. Okay. Yeah. So I've got a question. I think there was a
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+little bit of a misunderstanding with whether we were doing
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+a Q&A on BBB or if we were doing it on Etherpad. So it's really
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+up to you. Right now we've set up everything. So if you want to
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+start answering questions with your voice, we might as
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+well. So OK, so I can just do it live.
+
+NOTE Q: When you choose colors based on the same lightness, does it not hurt readability since the eye sees lightness most?
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+So one question is, so I
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+assume this is a question on the lab space, where all the
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+colors are the same lightness. Does it hurt readability? So
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+far, I find it to be OK. For the lab theme, I picked the colors
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+manually. So like I could just fix a angle essentially so
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+that no colors are similar, so I have good readability. But
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+for a random theme in Monte Carlo, it's hard because like
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+it's just random. But yeah, that's a really good point. And
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+also that's one of the motivations I did the nothing, you
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+know, the great scale theme to explore just using
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+lightness. Yeah.
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+So looking at other questions.
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+Okay, great. Do you want to take the next question. So, okay.
+
+NOTE Q: For monte-carlo, are all the "random" colors picked using a colorwheel/hue rotation?
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+Okay, let's go to the third first. Let's finish. Yes, for
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+Monte Carlo are all the random colors that using a color
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+wheel here. Yes. Well, so basically, what this theme does is
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+it. It picks a saturation and lightness for me first. These
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+are also random, but they are picked with some kind of range.
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+And that's a parameter that I can play with, you know, the
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+range of lightness and separation.
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+Once those are fixed, the colors are picked by angles in the
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+color wheel, or heel rotation, as you would put it. So yes,
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+that's roughly the process.
+
+NOTE Q: One area I see emacs able to do themes that is "underused?" is changing the font
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+OK, great. I think the second question is still in the
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+process. Oh, well, maybe you could start fielding it. I
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+think you've got already something to work on. I see one area
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+I see Emacs able to do. under use is changing the font, font
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+size, font type, model space based on various faces. Yeah,
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+so to paraphrase the question, one thing that Emacs is
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+definitely not doing a whole lot of right now is changing the
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+font that is being used, be it the font size, the font family.
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+Sometimes you see themes, especially old mode themes,
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+fontify differently the headers of the documents versus
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+the content, and usually you do have a little bit of a
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+contrast that is being introduced. But is it something that
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+you find value in, this type of contrast based on font? And to
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+me, it's my personal preference to just use one font. I don't
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+even change the font size a lot in org mode. It's just
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+personal preference.
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+I've seen scenes where once I applied, I opened the org doc
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+and suddenly all the titles are like Serif or some fancy
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+fonts. That works. And to me, again, it's a personal
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+preference that I don't really like that, but I know a lot of
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+people like that. So it's up to you, I guess. Yeah, I mean,
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+this, as we've seen in your talk and as well as the previous
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+one we had this morning, you know, themes are very personal
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+and at the end, whatever you need to, you know, some people
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+are going to need more contrast than others, some people are
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+going to need a little more variety in the fonts that they
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+use. Ultimately, it's up to you really what you want to use.
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+The end point, the angle that one should be aiming for is to
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+feel comfortable in what they're editing. And whether this
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+comfort translates into a very barebone color theme like
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+the one we saw this morning with very slight colors but still
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+which has a lot of personality or perhaps something closer
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+to yours which tends to use equal luminance or lightness for
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+the different entries. Well, everyone needs to tune in and
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+find whatever works best for them, I think. Yep. And also, I
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+want to note, I actually have a personal rule. It's also in
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+all my themes. It's that comments have to be italic. I just
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+like the look of italic comments. So, I actually... So, if
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+you... In one of the section in the video, I mentioned I have
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+hooks. Maybe I didn't mention, but I have hooks when using
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+the picking the random theme setup. One of the purpose of
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+that hook is I can add italic to all the themes on the comment
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+face. Which I don't think it works actually right now, but
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+that's the intention. Yeah, but I think it answers the
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+question we started on originally. Because changing the
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+font, I mean, using the italic variant of the font, it's
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+literally a different font. And so, being able to have this
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+type of contrast is actually important for you. So, it's
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+nice that you managed to find this particular bit of
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+knowledge through experimentation. And also I want to add
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+that if you pick a monospace font like I do, usually there's
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+not a lot of... Creativity? No, that's not the word. It's a
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+lot of personality in the regular font part. But people do
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+put a lot of different things in the italic. So yeah, if you
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+can find a way to utilize the italic face, you could see some
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+interesting results. Yeah, definitely. Again, I think
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+it's important to consider all the things you can play with
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+in terms of contrast. Because at the end of the day, you know,
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+some people are going to be more receptive to a change of font
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+than change of color. You know, just considering the amount
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+of people who are colorblind and who are using software like
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+this. You know, sometimes your vision optimizes for
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+particular kind of changes and some people are going to be
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+more sensitive to a slanted eye than they would be to an eye
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+that is red or an eye that is blue. So, But it's not for
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+everyone.
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+So I'm looking at the time and we have about eight minutes
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+until we go into the next talk.
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+To be frank, I don't think I've got any more questions on my
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+end. I'm not sure if we've got any people on BBB who has joined
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+us and would like to ask a question. Let me check on IRC
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+quickly if we've got any questions coming our way. I don't
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+see any. Do you see any on your end?
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+Not really. Well, then I suggest we just leave it at that and
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+enjoy a little break before the next chat. So, thank you so
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+much Metrowind for coming to EmacsConf and talking about
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+colors because, as you saw, many people are interested
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+about them, so much that another person decided to have a
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+chat about theme. We didn't plan for this, but it's nice to
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+see. And, well, perhaps you could collaborate in the future
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+and both find the mutual confidence that you need to push
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+your stuff to Melpa. Because I did hear that you weren't
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+feeling too confident about your random color theme
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+package. But, you know, you've done the first step, which is
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+talking about it and sharing it with all of us. And perhaps
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+the next step is to actually clean up the code to your
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+satisfaction and publish it eventually. Oh, I can see
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+another question. Should we go to that? Sure.
+
+NOTE Q: Have you ever kept any of the random themes that were thrown up?
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+Have you ever
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+kept any of the random themes that were thrown up? So I assume
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+this is for the Monte Carlo setup. The answer is no. The
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+reason is, like I mentioned, I'm using the randomly picking
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+a theme setup right now. And Monte Carlo is one of them. Now,
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+when Emacs picks Monte Carlo by chance, I wouldn't know
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+about it. So I wouldn't know this is my random theme. That's
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+the reason I never kept any, like, good color schemes
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+generated. So, no. Right, okay. Well, considering we don't
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+have any further questions, what I suggest now is that we'll
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+leave it at that. So, again, Metrowind, thank you so much.
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+Thank you. And hopefully we'll hear more of your themes in
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+the future. Cool. Thanks. All right. Bye bye. Bye bye.