* How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text?
@ 2010-02-24 20:00 Raghuram Devarakonda
2010-02-25 9:19 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Raghuram Devarakonda @ 2010-02-24 20:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi,
When I visit files with Emacs 23.1, it starts with a light grey
background. How ever, I see that all characters in the buffer also
show up with a white background (in addition to the light grey). This
happened only after I switched to using 23.1 (I was using 21.3
before). I am guessing that I need to customize some face but not sure
which one it is. I hope that I am describing the issue properly,
particularly since I couldn't find any help with Google. Any help is
greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Raghu
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* Re: How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text?
2010-02-24 20:00 How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text? Raghuram Devarakonda
@ 2010-02-25 9:19 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2010-02-25 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Raghuram Devarakonda; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 24.02.2010 um 21:00 schrieb Raghuram Devarakonda:
> I am guessing that I need to customize some face but not sure
> which one it is.
Position the text cursor on some character and type C-u C-x =. A
*Help* buffer will open. (Maybe there is some customisation necessary
to activate this "final" feature.) After descriptions of the character
the buffer will also describe the face the character uses. This face
description is a hyper-link and leads to a *Customize* buffer in which
you can change settings.
There is also the function describe-face. It leads faster to its
customisation.
--
Greetings
Pete
Well done is better than well said.
– Benjamin Franklin
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* Re: How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text?
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@ 2010-02-25 15:53 ` Raghuram Devarakonda
2010-02-25 22:05 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Raghuram Devarakonda @ 2010-02-25 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Feb 25, 4:19 am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 24.02.2010 um 21:00 schrieb Raghuram Devarakonda:
>
> > I am guessing that I need to customize some face but not sure
> > which one it is.
>
> Position the text cursor on some character and type C-u C-x =. A
> *Help* buffer will open. (Maybe there is some customisation necessary
> to activate this "final" feature.) After descriptions of the character
> the buffer will also describe the face the character uses. This face
> description is a hyper-link and leads to a *Customize* buffer in which
> you can change settings.
Thanks for the reply. I tried this command and found face properties
for the text. The descriptions of the face looked normal and didn't
offer any clues as to what may be causing the original problem. How
ever, on experimenting more, I found that emacs frame is always coming
up with the same background color (very light grey) irrespective of
what I pass with "-bg" option. In fact, the color I pass with "-bg" is
what is showing up as background for all the text. Does this ring any
bell? I looked up "frame-parameters" and compared it's value with the
one in old emacs and all the values are more or less same. BTW, I am
trying this on OpenSuSE.
Thanks,
Raghu
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* Re: How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text?
2010-02-25 15:53 ` Raghuram Devarakonda
@ 2010-02-25 22:05 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2010-02-25 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Raghuram Devarakonda; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 25.02.2010 um 16:53 schrieb Raghuram Devarakonda:
> I found that emacs frame is always coming
> up with the same background color (very light grey) irrespective of
> what I pass with "-bg" option. In fact, the color I pass with "-bg" is
> what is showing up as background for all the text.
I don't understand this: is it failing or is it working? (Maybe some
example helps.) With "frame-parameters" you are meaning initial- and
default-frame-alist?
You can try to launch GNU Emacs with the -q option. This will make it
not to load your init file. By this means you can at least find
whether command line settings work.
Finally it's possible that Suse comes with its own set of special
customisation files. The *Messages* buffer might record when they
load, you could also search your system (with locate, for example)
whether it has EL files outside GNU Emacs' installation area. This
could give you a hint that something interferes with your setup. You
could also use a trace utility to find out which files GNU Emacs loads
at startup, which could also reveal the cause for differences you
notice.
Anyway, a (small, two lines, 20 characters) screen-shot might explain
what this "additional background for text" is.
--
Greetings
Pete
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
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