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+[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/bbatsov)
+
## About
Zenburn for Emacs is a direct port of the popular
@@ -7,11 +9,16 @@ that of its many users I presume) that it's one of the best low
contrast color themes out there and that it is exceptionally easy on
the eyes.
-This theme uses the new built-in theming support available starting
-with Emacs 24.
+This theme uses the "new" (it used to be new several years ago when I
+created this package) built-in theming support available starting with
+Emacs 24.1.
+
+![Overview screenshot](screenshots/overview.png)
## Customization
+### Custom colors
+
If you'd like to tweak the theme by changing just a few colors, you can
do so by defining new values in the `zenburn-override-colors-alist`
variable before loading the theme.
@@ -20,17 +27,40 @@ For example, to customize just the lighter background colors, you could add
to your init file:
```elisp
-(defvar zenburn-override-colors-alist
- '(("zenburn-bg+05" . "#282828")
- ("zenburn-bg+1" . "#2F2F2F")
- ("zenburn-bg+2" . "#3F3F3F")
- ("zenburn-bg+3" . "#4F4F4F")))
+(setq zenburn-override-colors-alist
+ '(("zenburn-bg+05" . "#282828")
+ ("zenburn-bg+1" . "#2F2F2F")
+ ("zenburn-bg+2" . "#3F3F3F")
+ ("zenburn-bg+3" . "#4F4F4F")))
(load-theme 'zenburn t)
```
To see the full list of color names you can override, consult the
`zenburn-theme.el` source file.
+### Scaled headings
+
+The theme supports scaling the font size for some headings and titles as well
+as using a variable-pitch font for those. To enable this, use the following
+settings:
+
+```elisp
+;; use variable-pitch fonts for some headings and titles
+(setq zenburn-use-variable-pitch t)
+
+;; scale headings in org-mode
+(setq zenburn-scale-org-headlines t)
+
+;; scale headings in outline-mode
+(setq zenburn-scale-outline-headlines t)
+```
+
+The screenshot above shows the default setting with no scaled or
+variable-pitch fonts. With scaled headings and variable-pitch fonts it looks
+like this:
+
+![Scaled screenshot](screenshots/scaled.png)
+
## Ugly colors in the terminal Emacs version
If your Emacs looks considerably uglier in a terminal (compared to the
@@ -44,15 +74,11 @@ Source the `.bashrc` (or `.zshrc`) file and start Emacs again.
# Bugs & Improvements
-Please, report any problems that you find on the projects integrated
+Please, report any problems that you find on the project's integrated
issue tracker. If you've added some improvements and you want them
included upstream don't hesitate to send me a patch or even better - a
GitHub pull request. [These](https://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs/contributors)
contributors have done so.
-You can support my work on Zenburn and [all my other projects](https://github.com/bbatsov) via [gratipay](https://www.gratipay.com/bbatsov).
-
-[![Support via Gratipay](https://cdn.rawgit.com/gratipay/gratipay-badge/2.1.3/dist/gratipay.png)](https://gratipay.com/bbatsov)
-
-Cheers,<br\>
-[Bozhidar](http://twitter.com/bbatsov)
+You can support my work on Zenburn and [all my other projects](https://github.com/bbatsov)
+via [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/bbatsov).