Emacs: spacious-padding version 0.9.0

2026-09-20

This package provides a global minor mode to increase the spacing/padding of Emacs windows and frames. The idea is to make editing and reading feel more comfortable. Enable the mode with M-x spacious-padding-mode. Adjust the exact spacing values by modifying the user option spacious-padding-widths.

• Package name (GNU ELPA): spacious-padding
• Official manual: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/spacious-padding
• Change log: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/spacious-padding
• Git repositories:
  • GitHub: https://github.com/protesilaos/spacious-padding
  • GitLab: https://gitlab.com/protesilaos/spacious-padding
• Sample images:
  • https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-06-03-emacs-spacious-padding/
  • https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-11-15-spacious-padding-extra-ui-dev/
• Backronyms: Space Perception Adjusted Consistently Impacts Overall Usability State … padding; Spacious … Precise Adjustments to Desktop Divider Internals Neatly Generated.

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Version 0.9.0 on 2026-09-20

This is a small version that addresses a minor inconvenience with the Emacs daemon process reporting an unspecified-bg under certain circumstances. The workaround I defined ensures that we always use a known colour value.

Other than that, the margin face, which was introduced in Emacs version 31, is also handled by spacious-padding-mode.