gnome-dark-style.el

Description

The gnome-dark-style package automatically synchronizes the Emacs theme with GNOME’s color scheme. It allows users to define custom light and dark themes, ensuring a consistent look and feel across the GNOME desktop environment and GNU Emacs.

Features

• Automatically switches between light and dark themes based on GNOME’s color scheme.
• Supports custom light and dark themes.
• Monitors GNOME’s color scheme in real-time and updates the Emacs theme accordingly.

Requirements

• GNOME Shell 47.4 (tested with this version).
• The gsettings command must be available on your system.

Installation

GNU ELPA package

The package is available as gnome-dark-style. Simply do:

M-x package-refresh-contents
M-x package-install

Manual installation

1. Clone the repository or download the gnome-dark-style.el file.
2. Add the following to your Emacs configuration file init.el:

   (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/gnome-dark-style")
   (require 'gnome-dark-style)
       

3. Customize the light and dark themes using the gnome-light-theme and gnome-dark-theme variables.

Configuration

You can customize the following variables:

• gnome-light-theme: The Emacs theme to use when GNOME’s color scheme is set to light.
• gnome-dark-theme: The Emacs theme to use when GNOME’s color scheme is set to dark.
• gnome-dark-style-sync: Enable or disable synchronization with GNOME’s color scheme.

Example configuration with use-package:

;; Sync Emacs theme with GNOME's color scheme
(use-package gnome-dark-style
  ;; Uncomment and set your preferred themes
  ;; :custom
  ;; (gnome-light-theme 'ef-eagle)  ; default: nil
  ;; (gnome-dark-theme 'ef-owl)     ; default: wombat
  :config
  ;; Set to nil to stop monitoring and disable sync
  (setopt gnome-dark-style-sync t))

Usage

Once installed and configured, the package will automatically switch between the specified light and dark themes based on GNOME’s color scheme.

License

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to GNU and the FSF for their excellent communities, software and documentation.