I think that would be reasonable, or it could be supplied via a setting. I don't know enough about themes to be messing around with them yet so I haven't done anything with them so far. I do plan to have a setting to enable the highlighting so no one has to have it if they don't want it. Would a highlight color setting work for you, do you think?
On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 5:14:54 AM UTC-4 jkn wrote: > I could see this being useful to me, thanks for your work on this (I > haven't tested it yet). > > Would the eventual intention be to add a configuration colour for this to > themes? And (say) only do your 'background colour calculation' if this was > missing? That would seem the best approach to me. > > Thanks, Jon N > > > On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 10:36:40 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> The attached Leo outline contains a script to highlight the line in the >> body that has the cursor. You can activate it by selecting the top-most >> node, then pressing CTRL-b. After this, the cursor line should become >> highlighted anywhere in the outline. Other outlines will not be affected. >> >> If you want to try it out in another outline, copy the script, paste it >> into the other outline, and run it with CTRL-b. >> >> Activating the highlighting this way is a bit strange, but lets you try >> it out without needing to modify Leo itself or install a different >> version. Eventually, the code would be included and activated when the >> body pane is constructed. >> >> I'd like to know how you like the effect, and whether you think the >> highlight color works well enough. >> >> Note that the highlight color will be different for different Leo themes >> (and no-theme color schemes). The script tries to calculate reasonable >> colors. If the background is light, the highlight will be the same hue but >> darker. If the background is dark, the highlight will be the same hue but >> lighter. If the background is very light or very dark, different rules may >> be applied. >> >> I have tried this out on every theme in Leo's theme directory. The >> colors seem to work acceptably to me. If you have your own theme that >> isn't one of the standard ones, I'm especially interested in how that works >> out. And, of course, post here if you notice any bugs or anomalies. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/af2f47ff-7cc0-461e-ade3-d9424c66b674n%40googlegroups.com.
