The executive-slate preset shipped a waybar.css that referenced @base/@accent
with no @define-color block, and no matching waybar.jsonc — so the raw-read
override ran a largely unstyled bar (the item-28 partial-whole-swap defect).
The palette was also flat (base->surface only 1.13x) with a dim accent
(#4D78CC, 3.91 on base).
- Palette: widen surface stepping (base->surface 1.13x -> 1.29x so panels/
selection/hover separate), brighten the accent (#4D78CC -> #5A8AE6, 3.91 ->
5.04 on base, now AA text), lift subtext/good/warn/bad a tier, realign ansi,
soften bright-white (#FFFFFF -> #F0F3F9). text stays 12.5 AAA. Contrast
checker: all 23 themes x 7 pairings pass.
- Waybar: complete the bespoke bar as a real whole-swap. New waybar.jsonc with
the full 17-module set (parity with summer-day/night); waybar.css rewritten
to lead with its own @define-color block and cover every module + state class
the helper scripts emit (.recording/.activated/.on/.available/.dnd-*/battery).
Identity: solid, edge-to-edge, sharp corners, accent underline on the active
workspace.
- Rofi: drop the broken var() idiom for the house *{}/@name convention (split
border syntax, message/textbox/scrollbar elements for the theme-grid picker).
- CONVENTIONS: Waybar parity rule now names executive-slate as a third
whole-swap target (was stale at summer-only).
V1: nix flake check --no-build green; strict JSON parse of both files; real
rofi parsed the .rasi cleanly; with executive-slate set active, the module
eval resolves waybar.settings -> the jsonc, waybar.style -> the css, rofi.theme
-> the override rasi, and theme.nix accepts the palette. NOT yet done: on-screen
render of the bar/rofi/desktop (V2/V3) and preview.png (deferred to on-hardware
capture, per the chosen path).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>