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@ 2003-01-28  0:19 Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
  2003-01-28  7:16 ` emacs-looks Kai Großjohann
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From: Kenneth Buchwald Johansen @ 2003-01-28  0:19 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi!
I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I really
don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors (green and
black)?
Thanks!
- Kenneth

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* Re: emacs-looks...
  2003-01-28  0:19 emacs-looks Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
@ 2003-01-28  7:16 ` Kai Großjohann
  2003-01-28 10:45   ` emacs-looks Kester Clegg
  2003-01-28  8:02 ` emacs-looks roodwriter
  2003-01-28 11:37 ` emacs-looks Captain
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kai Großjohann @ 2003-01-28  7:16 UTC (permalink / raw)


"Kenneth Buchwald Johansen" <toohey@math.com> writes:

> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I really
> don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors (green and
> black)?

You can set it from ~/.Xdefaults, like for other X11 programs.
-- 
Ambibibentists unite!

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* Re: emacs-looks...
  2003-01-28  0:19 emacs-looks Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
  2003-01-28  7:16 ` emacs-looks Kai Großjohann
@ 2003-01-28  8:02 ` roodwriter
  2003-01-28 11:37 ` emacs-looks Captain
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: roodwriter @ 2003-01-28  8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)


Kenneth Buchwald Johansen wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I
> really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors
> (green and black)?
> Thanks!
> - Kenneth


I'm using KDE 3.0 and it took the colors I use for the desktop--gray 
background and white letters, which I use because I can go for long periods 
of time before my eyes water. It doesn't in Gnome, just black letters on 
white, which, for me, is like staring into a light after awhile.

If you load up Emacs at the command line you can set the colors like this:

emacs -fg green -bg black

-fg is foreground, -bg is background. -ms is the mouse color, if you want to 
change that.

It's all in the man pages.

Hope this helps.

--Rod



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confuse spambots, of course.

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* Re: emacs-looks...
  2003-01-28  7:16 ` emacs-looks Kai Großjohann
@ 2003-01-28 10:45   ` Kester Clegg
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kester Clegg @ 2003-01-28 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)


kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> > emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white
> > background). I really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use
> > the 'normal' colors (green and black)?
> 
> You can set it from ~/.Xdefaults, like for other X11 programs.

But I personally think it's not wise to split your colour preferences
over two files - I like to keep in one .emacs file which I take where
ever I go.  Why not try M-x list-faces-display and change the default
from there?
-- 
************************************************************************
Kester Clegg				Dept. of Computer Science,
Research Assistant (UTC)		University of York, 
Tel (01904) 43 27 49			email: kester at cs.york.ac.uk
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* Re: emacs-looks...
  2003-01-28  0:19 emacs-looks Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
  2003-01-28  7:16 ` emacs-looks Kai Großjohann
  2003-01-28  8:02 ` emacs-looks roodwriter
@ 2003-01-28 11:37 ` Captain
  2003-01-28 16:03   ` emacs-looks Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Captain @ 2003-01-28 11:37 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi

Try color-theme package. It has quite a few different color skins and you 
can switch between them with one command. (I am using dark-laptop theme 
myself - white text on black background)

Cheers
Andrey

On 28 Jan 2003, you wrote in gnu.emacs.help:

> Hi!
> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I
> really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors
> (green and black)?
> Thanks!
> - Kenneth
> 
> 

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* Re: emacs-looks...
  2003-01-28 11:37 ` emacs-looks Captain
@ 2003-01-28 16:03   ` Kenneth Buchwald Johansen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kenneth Buchwald Johansen @ 2003-01-28 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)


Thanks guys!
- Kenneth

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