nano-emacs VS bespoke-themes

Compare nano-emacs vs bespoke-themes and see what are their differences.

nano-emacs

GNU Emacs / N Λ N O - Emacs made simple (by rougier)

bespoke-themes

A simple custom theme for emacs (by mclear-tools)
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nano-emacs bespoke-themes
55 6
2,463 202
- 2.5%
3.0 1.8
5 months ago about 2 years ago
Emacs Lisp Emacs Lisp
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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nano-emacs

Posts with mentions or reviews of nano-emacs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-13.
  • :syntax off (2016)
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Mar 2024
    Both points resonate with me, but I'd push back againt the idea that colored syntax highlighting is neccessary for either. I'm thinking of the Pygments 'bw' theme[1], which denotes strings in italics, and nano-emacs[2], which also manages to do.. a lot with a little (at least aesthetically, ie. idk about code volume or corner cases).

    1: https://pygments.org/styles/

    2: https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs

  • Effect of Perceptual Load on Performance Within IDE in People with ADHD Symptoms
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jul 2023
    It's not adhd specific but https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.06030

    After reading this I implemented a code theme based primarily around typographic variation like weight rather than color. It uses only two colors (black and deep purple) in two weights and one italic each. I have pretty severe adhd and it's hard to judge but after using it for a few months I think this is better for me. Previously I had been using solarized light for nearly a decade for probably similar reasons.

    Nano emacs was created by the author of that paper and its default themes are based on it, if you want to try it without committing to hand-rolling a theme. Personally I found that one too "light" (typographically, not color) but I also have relatively poor vision and like a large and heavy font.

    https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs

  • Not trying to start a rumble, but why emacs
    6 projects | /r/emacs | 10 Jul 2023
  • What is your favorite color scheme?
    10 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jun 2023
    I love the nano themes from N. Rougier, maybe not what you are looking for... (I am not a coder), works best with the whole nano layout
  • How to apply set dark theme in nano emacs?
    1 project | /r/emacs | 28 May 2023
    there is issue on github related to this: https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs/issues/138
  • Kawase Blur has been added to SwayFX!
    4 projects | /r/swaywm | 24 May 2023
    Emacs with https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs
  • How to find where the value of a parameter is set (font size)
    1 project | /r/emacs | 22 May 2023
    Hi fellow r/emacs ers, I am struggling to reduce the size of the fonts my configuration. I have based it on nano-emacs, I am using the variable nano-font-size but the font size does not change.
  • A less verbose OR more organized modeline
    8 projects | /r/emacs | 17 May 2023
    I've been using Nano (and before that Elegant) which substitutes a headline for the modeline. Unless you're in the mood to try something radical, I'm not sure that I'd recommend it. That said, what I've learned from the experience is that you don't need much in the modeline for it to be useful. I've done some customizations on Nano and am satisfied with:
  • What is wrong with this face definition??? (error "Invalid face" bookmark-menu-heading)
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 2 May 2023
    I get an error message that I do not understand, when trying to apply nano-emacs from u/Nicolas-Rougier in my vanilla emacs
  • Nano theme and feel for spacemacs
    1 project | /r/spacemacs | 28 Apr 2023
    Has anyone managed to get this view for spacemacs? Link

bespoke-themes

Posts with mentions or reviews of bespoke-themes. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-11.
  • Readable nord theme?
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 11 Jan 2022
    The dark version of my bespoke-themes is pretty similar to nord. It has company colors set for better visibility.
  • bespoke-themes
    1 project | /r/planetemacs | 1 Jul 2021
  • Suggest me a good (Light) Emacs color theme for text editing
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 29 Jun 2021
    I'm partial to the light variant of bespoke-themes (though I also created the theme ;))
  • New Theme: Bespoke-themes (and request for any advice)
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 31 May 2021
    Hi all, I've been working on bespoke-themes, which started out as a fork of Nicolas Rougier’s amazing work on elegant-emacs and nano-emacs. It sports a similar vibe, though some of the base colors are different and it is slightly less minimal and "opinionated" than nano-emacs. It also has the benefit of being (I hope) easily incorporated into one's existing emacs as a theme, rather than the more "distro" style of nano-emacs (which is a great project, but maybe not for everyone). I'm hoping to submit it to MELPA before too long. Long story short though, I'm looking for advice on the following:
  • nano-theme.el , I split this from nano-emacs.
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 30 May 2021
    This is really nice! I've done something similar, though somewhat less true to the original nano-theme colors and style -- see my bespoke themes
  • Ask: What's your favorite modeline mode?
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 18 May 2021
    I use a fork of the modeline from https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs. Its got a few extra little bells and whistles. See https://github.com/mclear-tools/bespoke-themes/blob/main/bespoke-modeline.el.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nano-emacs and bespoke-themes you can also consider the following projects:

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

elegant-emacs - A very minimal but elegant emacs (I think)

emacs-doom-themes - A megapack of themes for GNU Emacs. [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/themes]

melpa - Recipes and build machinery for the biggest Emacs package repo

rose-pine-theme - All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist

poet - An emacs theme that's well suited for modes using variable pitch: particularly org-mode and markdown-mode.

svg-tag-mode - A minor mode for Emacs that replace keywords with nice SVG labels

telephone-line - A new implementation of Powerline for Emacs

mood-line - A minimal mode-line configuration for Emacs, inspired by doom-modeline. (GitLab mirror)

emacs - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant Emacs theme.

doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

emacs-doom-theme - Emacs themes inspired by Atom One