From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jari Aalto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2501: 22.2.1: terminal mrxvt white - fonts are unreadable Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:26 +0200 Message-ID: <87prh3ps2x.fsf_-_@jondo.cante.net> References: <87prh3ssf1.fsf@jondo.cante.net> <200902271822.n1RIMBBh018222@rodan.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Jari Aalto , 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 1235766945 9544 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2009 20:35:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:35:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2501@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 27 21:37:01 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 1Ld9Rq-0000Sv-2A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:36:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38763 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld9QV-0008PI-8Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:35:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld9FH-00044g-Dp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld9FF-000433-Pw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32857 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ld9FF-00042p-EH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59497) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ld9FE-0002bT-Qt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:41 -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 n1RKNcQP020172; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:23:38 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1RKA31V016649; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:10:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jari Aalto Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:10:03 +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=B2501.123576489614607 (code B ref 2501); Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2501) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 Feb 2009 20:01:36 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from emh07.mail.saunalahti.fi (emh07.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.117]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1RK1VBa014601 for <2501@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:01:33 -0800 Original-Received: from saunalahti-vams (vs3-10.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.94]) by emh07-2.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D2C518D14D; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:30 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from emh05.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.111]) by vs3-10.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.94]) with SMTP (gateway) id A034615A2CE; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:30 +0200 Original-Received: from jondo.cante.net (a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.187.216]) by emh05.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD6127D83; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:01:27 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: <200902271822.n1RIMBBh018222@rodan.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:22:11 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Antivirus: VAMS X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:23:42 -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:25800 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > On a white mrxt black on white terminal[1], the font-lock colors are > > unreadable. See attached picture. > > > > $ tput colors > > 8 > > > > [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? I started mrxvt from xterm: $ xterm $ echo $TERM xterm $ mrxvt & mrxvt$ echo $TERM rxvt > This looks like it is an rxvt derivative, so the value of the COLORFGBG > environment variable should help emacs realize what is the default > background. mrxvt$ COLORFGBG=1 emacs -Q -nw => Same color results as in previously attached picture Jari