Re: emacs-21.2 cursor-color (color-theme?) problem

Re: emacs-21.2 cursor-color (color-theme?) problem

[Eddie Bush]

I have similar problems.  No matter what customization I do, it goes 
away - despite being in my init file!  I wind up with Emacs just as it 
was originally handed to me.  Whatever customizations I make are there 
for the duration of my session, but that is it!  I'm also running 21.2 
-- 21.2.1 to be precise.  I'm about to yank my hair out on this - 
someone please give us a heads-up!

Ron Denis wrote:
> I am running MS Windows XP, emacs-21.2 (fullbin downloaded from
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest), color-theme 6.4.4, and I
> am having a problem with the cursor color.  By cursor I mean point,
> not the mouse pointer.
> 
> I have narrowed my .emacs to the following:
> ;;;;;; start
> (require 'color-theme)
> (color-theme-billw)
> ;;;;;; end
> 
> If I place my cursor on a blank space, then it disappears.  If I place
> it on a character then the cursor is white.  
> 
> The billw color theme has a black background.  If I switch to
> (color-theme-jonadabian) which has a bluish background, and then place
> the cursor on a blank space I see a black cursor (which I think
> explains why it disappears with billw).
> 
> Also, this behavior goes away if I run M-x color-theme-billw after
> the .emacs file is loaded.  I can also run M-x set-cursor-color RET
> white or change the font.  All of these actions will restore the
> cursor.  
> 
> If I try to run (color-theme-billw) in the .emacs file twice in a row,
> I still get the strange cursor.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Re: emacs-21.2 cursor-color (color-theme?) problem

[Eddie Bush]

If you're running KDE as your desktop environment, you need to read the 
problems file by clicking on Help -> Emacs Known Problems (C-h p).  KDE 
is giving you severe pain ... that was my problem anyway.  Just search 
for "face" in the problem file - you'll see it.

HTH,

Eddie

Ron Denis wrote:
> I am running MS Windows XP, emacs-21.2 (fullbin downloaded from
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest), color-theme 6.4.4, and I
> am having a problem with the cursor color.  By cursor I mean point,
> not the mouse pointer.
> 
> I have narrowed my .emacs to the following:
> ;;;;;; start
> (require 'color-theme)
> (color-theme-billw)
> ;;;;;; end
> 
> If I place my cursor on a blank space, then it disappears.  If I place
> it on a character then the cursor is white.  
> 
> The billw color theme has a black background.  If I switch to
> (color-theme-jonadabian) which has a bluish background, and then place
> the cursor on a blank space I see a black cursor (which I think
> explains why it disappears with billw).
> 
> Also, this behavior goes away if I run M-x color-theme-billw after
> the .emacs file is loaded.  I can also run M-x set-cursor-color RET
> white or change the font.  All of these actions will restore the
> cursor.  
> 
> If I try to run (color-theme-billw) in the .emacs file twice in a row,
> I still get the strange cursor.
> 
> Any suggestions?