From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eddie Bush Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Failed Customization Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 14:40:56 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <3D235348.7050507@swbell.net> References: <3D234E8A.2020003@swbell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025725339 13106 127.0.0.1 (3 Jul 2002 19:42:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17Pq14-0003PG-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:42:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Pq0q-0006mX-00; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net ([151.164.30.25]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Ppzo-0006gc-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:41:00 -0400 Original-Received: from swbell.net ([66.137.79.19]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.03.23.18.03.p10) with ESMTP id <0GYO008O3UM7MC@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:39:44 -0500 (CDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020513 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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:574 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:574 I can managed to set the background mode to "dark" and get that to stick - but the default face is having no affect on the rest of them - it simply is causing my screen to flicker from black to white and then black - and finally white. What gives? Eddie Bush wrote: > Hi - I'm running the following version of emacs and I'm having > problems getting custom colors to "stick". It makes no difference > whether I specify "save for future sessions" or not. > > GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) > > I'd have added this to my previous post, but my provider doesn't seem > to think I need the ability to post to the news server. If someone > could point me toward a (free) public news server, I'd be most > appreciative. I'd really like to get this resolved. I use Emacs > exclusively and the white background really bothers my eyes. > > Thanks! > > Eddie > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs >