From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tigerleopard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Locating the default colors used by emacs Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 22:46:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <11459127.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <11425562.post@talk.nabble.com> <87d4z8r5r7.fsf@poczta.po.opole.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183700828 17270 80.91.229.12 (6 Jul 2007 05:47:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 05:47:08 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 06 07:47:06 2007 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1I6geo-0001hg-Ec for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:47:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6geo-0006Yr-1Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6geX-0006WQ-OH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6geV-0006Ub-TD for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6geV-0006UY-Qi for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:46:47 -0400 Original-Received: from kuber.nabble.com ([216.139.236.158]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I6geV-0001XC-8z for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:46:47 -0400 Original-Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I6geT-00033W-GM for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:46:45 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87d4z8r5r7.fsf@poczta.po.opole.pl> X-Nabble-From: tigerleopard1@lycos.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:45498 Archived-At: Seweryn Kokot-2 wrote: > > (set-background-color "DarkSlateGray") > (set-foreground-color "Wheat") > (set-cursor-color "Orchid") > Thanks for help. These are the default colors used by Root here. And I will play with some of the other settings in the future. Peter Dyballa wrote: > > X11 users can use X Ressources, which are organised in files like > ~/.Xdefaults or > ~/.Xressources (depends on the actual code in ~/.xinit or similiar > files which set up the X11 environment). ~/.Xdefaults or > ~/.Xressources can #include other files with set X application > defaults. A lot "templates" exist in directories like /usr/X11R6/lib/ > X11/app-defaults or /usr/X11R7/share/X11/app-defaults. > Thanks for the input. The color settings were located in ~/.Xresources. Peter Dyballa wrote: > > (look into the GNU Emacs manual, i.e. > C-h i m Emacs and then search for the "Command Line Options and > Arguments" node) > And this command and its combinations are going to be incredibly useful in the future. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Locating-the-default-colors-used-by-emacs-tf4022666.html#a11459127 Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.