<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hello Jochen , <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I am an Emacs newbie. I would simply like to change the background <br>color. What do I have to put in .gnu-emacs-custom? <br> </blockquote> Add a line called <p><b><font color="#660000">(set-background-color white)</font></b> <p>in the <b>.emacs</b> file. <p>Get back if there are any problems. <p>Warm Regards, <br> gurucharan</html>