Re: set the highlight color when searching

[gerlach <jack@aiai.de>]

Am 14.05.2013 21:23, schrieb gerlach:
> Am 14.05.2013 17:55, schrieb gerlach:
>
>> ....
>> [X] Foreground: white      (sample)
>> ....
>>
>> where "sample" is blue colored! The "white" didn't take effekt. Why?
>
> some hours later I made some further tests:
> green works, black, too! And red also, but not white and yellow! Who has
> programmed such nonsense? All useful colors are blocked!?!?!
>

In another test I saved "black" as background and got "black" in .emacs 
but red in emacs search !?!?! I tested all colors changing

  (custom-set-faces
  '(isearch ((((class color) (min-colors 8)) (:background "white" 
:foreground "black"))))

background entry. Only "green" appears as green, all other colors change 
to other colors! What a mess! Inserting "white" results in blue (cyan) 
background, and in combination with foreground black (that appears as 
black, what a surprise!)  I CAN WORK!!! Black on cyan is readable!!! GREAT!

As next "isearch-fail" was also unreadable , red background and grey 
foreground. I went to configuration with
M-x customize-apropos-faces RET isearch RET
and saved somewhat color for background.  I looked at my .emacs file and 
detected:

'(isearch-fail ((((class color) (min-colors 8)) (:background "red")))))

I tested all possible colors yellow, black, green, .... All colors 
appeard in other color like observed with "isearch", inserting "cyan1" 
instead von red  I get  lightblue (=cyan) at isearch-fail. And I CAN 
READ IT AND I CAN WORK! What surprise and what a mess ...

After I detected that "isearch" was resetted to magenta background ..., 
I looked at .emacs and indeed: emacs config has manipulated the colors 
in isearch entry although I didn' change "isearch" in  M-x 
customize-apropos-faces RET isearch RET !! What mess, bugs-over-bugs ... 
  in
emacs 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1

Eckard