BAW> provided better contrast to the default font background. This appears
BAW> easy enough to change with Custom (although the 3D effect doesn't seem
BAW> to be configurable, or track my change to the background).
The shadow should track the modeline background if you hit C-l.
It's a bug I'd fix if I knew how to tell if the modeline face
has changed.
Don't know about your other questions... I haven't had to
change my geometry and I still get the same size frame. But then
I turn off toolbars from X resources and I believe what you're seeing
might be due to changes to toolbar redisplay that Kirill (?) did.
The default modeline colors have been debated heatedly, I'm not
sure what the current resolution is, I set the colors from X
resources.
greg