From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Todd Kokoszka Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Background Color Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:41:02 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20020724124102.C28697@mobileway.com> References: <1027506557.2350.5.camel@hermes> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027506915 16391 127.0.0.1 (24 Jul 2002 10:35:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17XJU9-0004GG-00 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:35:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17XJUP-0000vU-00; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 06:35:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.98.169.20] (helo=pineau.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17XJTi-0000py-00 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 06:34:46 -0400 Original-Received: (from kokoszka@localhost) by pineau.local (8.11.0/8.11.0) id g6OAf2i28881; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:41:02 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: pineau.local: kokoszka set sender to t.kokoszka@mobileway.com using -f Original-To: Jochen Witte Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1027506557.2350.5.camel@hermes>; from jwitte@alpha-lab.net on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 12:29:17PM +0200 Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:702 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:702 I put it in my start up line ... emacs -bg color. I don't know how to do it in the .emacs file. Nor do I know how the two methods compare. .gnu-emacs-custom -- are you on windows? If so, there's a separate list dedicated to emacs users on windows that may be better able to answer your question. Todd On Wed 24 Jul 2002 at 12:29:17 +0200, Jochen Witte wrote: > > Hi, > > I am an Emacs newbie. I would simply like to change the background > color. What do I have to put in .gnu-emacs-custom? > > Greetings > Jochen > -- > Jochen Witte > > IRC: bacchus.alpha-lab.net/#alpha-lab > PGP fingerprint = 2F92 97EA BB67 E49A EE79 AD55 2FE7 DF05 EA9A 3A32 > Keyserver = www.keyserver.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs