From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "roodwriter@ureach.com" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing the Background and foreground colors in Emacs Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:20:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158435673 19609 80.91.229.2 (16 Sep 2006 19:41:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 16 21:41:13 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOg26-0000r4-H3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:40:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOg26-0003kU-0V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:40:58 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.28.186.75.MISMATCH!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe07.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Trace: fjmkffdeidnncpleijjdnojopddcmjimmgkdpdipmohdglleobfcfdnkbaibnpeihfjgcigfhllibjcambhnnfppbccllfkdihpanchcakojjmfoipbpcagbmejkbhabhgindeflifgphkdl Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:22:02 MST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141799 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37421 Archived-At: Don Kauffman wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been very frustrated trying to locate information on changing the > background color in Emacs. Currently it is set to White text on a Black > background. I'd much prefer the reverse -- Black text on white > background. I've looked through the manuals and there doesn't seem to be > anything listed about changing that. I've studied the settings and there > doesn't seem to be anything obvious there either. > > I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) although this happened with 5.10 > (Breezy). I was not able to get this resolved there either. > > Thanks In Advance!! > > Don K. > > > It's not obvious, but it's there. Emacs uses the term "faces" for fonts, font colors and such. --Rod __________________________ Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail take the extra "o" from the name.