From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: checking for light or dark background
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:29:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y22mvxwu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3mtj2f8gf.fsf@carbon.jhcloos.org> (message from James Cloos on Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:33:36 -0500)
> From: James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Copyright: Copyright 2022 James Cloos
> OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6
> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:33:36 -0500
>
> >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> EZ> (frame-parameter nil 'background-mode)
>
> i just tried that in emacs-tty on screen.
>
> the underlying terminal is black on white, but that (frame-parameter)
> call claimed dark.
>
> it may work in a gui term, but is not reliable elsewhere.
You didn't tell what terminal you tried this on. Some of them are
capable of reporting their default background color, others aren't.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-08 3:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-02 9:26 checking for light or dark background goncholden via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-02 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-02 13:25 ` goncholden
2022-02-02 13:27 ` goncholden
2022-02-02 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-02 16:18 ` goncholden
2022-02-02 14:48 ` Yuri Khan
2022-02-03 4:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-03 4:31 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-08 1:33 ` James Cloos
2022-02-08 3:29 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-02-20 19:30 ` James Cloos
2022-02-20 20:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-21 11:16 ` Yuri Khan
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