From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs-21.3 is ignoring my X-resources colors setting Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:13:59 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089555267 7335 80.91.224.253 (11 Jul 2004 14:14:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:14:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 11 16:14:21 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bjf5w-0007kn-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:14:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bjf8D-0007ni-KE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:16:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bjf86-0007nb-3q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:16:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bjf84-0007nB-2Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:16:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bjf84-0007n8-05 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:16:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bjf5f-0005wd-OY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bjf5e-0005Mk-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:14:02 +0200 Original-Received: from adsl-68-74-176-57.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net ([68.74.176.57]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:14:02 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by adsl-68-74-176-57.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:14:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-68-74-176-57.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2zd3TgzpBP4YFu7YyBLPhIZ3pfA= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19574 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19574 David Steiner writes: > Hi, > > man emacs > which talks about the settings in ~/.Xresources > add the entries, make sure they get loaded: > xrdb -load ~/.Xresources > > double-check! > xrdb -query > > hope this helps Ha .. there's something I had forgotten all about... thanks Does anyone know where there is a handy dandy reference chart that shows equivalent meaning of color notations like these in plain english? nedit*statsLine.background: #e6e6e6 nedit*statsLine.foreground: #000000 nedit*text.background: #ffffff nedit*text.cursorForeground: #000000 nedit*text.foreground: #000000 nedit*text.selectBackground: #4c59a6 nedit*text.selectForeground: #ffffff