Emacs: doric-themes version 1.2.0
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics.
If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour, check my ef-themes
package. For something in-between, which I would consider the best
“default theme” for a text editor, opt for my modus-themes.
- Package name (GNU ELPA):
doric-themes - Sample pictures: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/doric-themes-pictures
- Git repository: https://github.com/protesilaos/doric-themes
- Backronym: Doric Only Really Intensifies Conservatively … themes.
Below are the release notes.
Version 1.2.0 on 2026-07-12
Two new themes
doric-tiger is a light theme, while doric-lion is dark. Both have
warm colours.
Org agenda events are easier to spot
Events are entries which have an active timestamp but not a
SCHEDULED or DEADLINE keyword associated with it. Those are now
rendered in italics in addition to the faint foreground they already
had (the faint foreground is there because an event is not as
important as a
Support for vc-dir-key-binding-hint-label (Emacs 32)
This concerns a new option for VC Dir buffers to display their available key bindings. The face applies to the additional headings. They should now look like all the other headings in those buffers in the interest of stylistic consistency.
Some package.el faces stand out more
Those are present in the buffer that M-x list-packages produces.
They concern certain status indicators and fit in better with the rest
of the design.
The nobreak-space face is now underlined
This is one way to make that character visible. It is useful to know that a space is not the regular space. For example, in French orthography we are expected to include non-breaking spaces between the quotes and the words like « Protesilaos ». Whether you actually follow that guideline is another discussion—I happily ignore it.