From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2501: 22.2.1: terminal mrxvt white - font's are unreadable Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:22:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200902271822.n1RIMBBh018222@rodan.ics.uci.edu> References: <87prh3ssf1.fsf@jondo.cante.net> Reply-To: Dan Nicolaescu , 2501@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235760368 19071 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2009 18:46:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2501@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Jari Aalto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 27 19:47:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ld7jp-0007LN-8q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:47:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45294 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld7iU-0004B5-Gk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:45:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld7gZ-0001T0-8K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld7gU-0001LF-3P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48010 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld7gT-0001KP-6m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:47717) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ld7gS-0003cy-DG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:40 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1RIhcMW021835; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:43:38 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1RIU4HU017456; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:30:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:30:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2501 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2501-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2501.123575902215896 (code B ref 2501); Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:30:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2501) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 Feb 2009 18:23:42 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (sallyv2.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.120]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1RINdFl015868 for <2501@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:23:40 -0800 Original-Received: from rodan.ics.uci.edu (rodan.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.9]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id n1RIMB7Q002692; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:22:16 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by rodan.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n1RIMBBh018222; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:22:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87prh3ssf1.fsf@jondo.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:25:54 +0200") Original-Lines: 20 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n1RIMB7Q002692 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.363, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, TW_RX 0.08) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@rodan.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:45 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:25799 Archived-At: Jari Aalto writes: > On a white mrxt black on white terminal[1], the font-lock colors are > unreadable. See attached picture. > > $ tput colors > 8 > > Please improve font-lock-keywords. > > > > [1] Debian; mrxvt 0.5.3-2 terminal > http://packages.debian.org/mrxvt It appears that emacs thinks that you have dark background. What did you set TERM to? This looks like it is an rxvt derivative, so the value of the COLORFGBG environment variable should help emacs realize what is the default background.