always white background in compiled emacs24

always white background in compiled emacs24

[David Belohrad]

Dear All,

I have git version of emacs compiled, using GTK3 (but tested with others
as well). When I try to load _any_ color theme using

(load-theme '<theme> t)

it applies all the colors except 'default-face' background and
foreground colors, which are always white (background) and black
(foreground).

My init file does not contain anything else than

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(load-theme 'leuven t)
#+END_SRC

And this happens as well when no custom init file is loaded. Result is
always white background. *ONLY* exception is, when I run emacs with -Q
parameter. Then load-theme works correctly.

Could someone point me to what I do wrong? I'm particularly puzzled with
fact, that even untweaked emacs ran without -Q parameter cannot load
themes correctly.

Many thanks


david

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[Joseph Vidal-Rosset]

Hi David,

2014/1/6 David Belohrad <david@belohrad.ch>

> Result is
> always white background.
>

I'm using leuven theme also, which is a great theme for org-mode.

I have downloaded this theme via elpa and loaded via M-x customize-themes .
At this step you can read:

leuven -- Face colors with a light background.

So, are you sure that you white backgound is not the expected result with
leuven theme? Have you tried to load tango or tango-dark for example ?

Best wishes,

Jo.

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[David Belohrad]

sorry for mistake. leuven i put into my init file just because the
others (dark ones like tango-dark) do not work.

otherwise it seems like leuven is great combination of fonts and
colors. i wish to have it in dark background :)

.d.



Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi David,
>
> 2014/1/6 David Belohrad <david@belohrad.ch>
>
>> Result is
>> always white background.
>>
>
> I'm using leuven theme also, which is a great theme for org-mode.
>
> I have downloaded this theme via elpa and loaded via M-x customize-themes .
> At this step you can read:
>
> leuven -- Face colors with a light background.
>
> So, are you sure that you white backgound is not the expected result with
> leuven theme? Have you tried to load tango or tango-dark for example ?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jo.

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[Fabrice Niessen]

Hello David,

David Belohrad wrote:
> Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> 2014/1/6 David Belohrad <david-rZamiVn3bvgfv37vnLkPlQ@public.gmane.org>
>>
>>> Result is always white background.
>>
>> I'm using leuven theme also, which is a great theme for org-mode.
>>
>> I have downloaded this theme via elpa and loaded via M-x customize-themes .
>> At this step you can read:
>>
>> leuven -- Face colors with a light background.
>>
>> So, are you sure that you white backgound is not the expected result with
>> leuven theme? Have you tried to load tango or tango-dark for example ?
>
> sorry for mistake. leuven i put into my init file just because the
> others (dark ones like tango-dark) do not work.

As the author of Leuven-theme, I confirm I do have the following line in
it:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
   `(default ((,class (:foreground "#333333" :background "#FFFFFF"))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

IOW, I put the default face in gray20, and reserve full black for bold:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
   `(bold ((,class (:weight bold :foreground "black"))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I could remove the "white" background, but the colors are really
customized for a light background.

> otherwise it seems like leuven is great combination of fonts and
> colors. i wish to have it in dark background :)

As I don't use myself anything other than white background, I won't be
of any help here.

But you could always fork my project at
https://github.com/fniessen/emacs-leuven-theme, and try to fix the
colors which aren't compatible with a dark background.

Best regards,
Fabrice

-- 
Fabrice Niessen
Leuven, Belgium
http://www.pirilampo.org/

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[David Belohrad]

Hi Fabrice,

IMHO this is not an issue of leuven theme. At the end I stay with leuven
even if I wanted to have something dark (btw: the theme is very
nice). The problem is, that all dark themes I have tried always result
in white background no matter what I do.

.d.



Fabrice Niessen <fni-news@pirilampo.org> writes:

> Hello David,
>
> David Belohrad wrote:
>> Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset@gmail.com> writes:
>>> 2014/1/6 David Belohrad <david@belohrad.ch>
>>>
>>>> Result is always white background.
>>>
>>> I'm using leuven theme also, which is a great theme for org-mode.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded this theme via elpa and loaded via M-x customize-themes .
>>> At this step you can read:
>>>
>>> leuven -- Face colors with a light background.
>>>
>>> So, are you sure that you white backgound is not the expected result with
>>> leuven theme? Have you tried to load tango or tango-dark for example ?
>>
>> sorry for mistake. leuven i put into my init file just because the
>> others (dark ones like tango-dark) do not work.
>
> As the author of Leuven-theme, I confirm I do have the following line in
> it:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>    `(default ((,class (:foreground "#333333" :background "#FFFFFF"))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> IOW, I put the default face in gray20, and reserve full black for bold:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>    `(bold ((,class (:weight bold :foreground "black"))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> I could remove the "white" background, but the colors are really
> customized for a light background.
>
>> otherwise it seems like leuven is great combination of fonts and
>> colors. i wish to have it in dark background :)
>
> As I don't use myself anything other than white background, I won't be
> of any help here.
>
> But you could always fork my project at
> https://github.com/fniessen/emacs-leuven-theme, and try to fix the
> colors which aren't compatible with a dark background.
>
> Best regards,
> Fabrice
>
> -- 
> Fabrice Niessen
> Leuven, Belgium
> http://www.pirilampo.org/

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[Mattia Ziulu]

David Belohrad writes:

> Dear All,
>
> I have git version of emacs compiled, using GTK3 (but tested with others
> as well). When I try to load _any_ color theme using
>
> (load-theme '<theme> t)
>
> it applies all the colors except 'default-face' background and
> foreground colors, which are always white (background) and black
> (foreground).
>
> My init file does not contain anything else than
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (load-theme 'leuven t)
> #+END_SRC
>
> And this happens as well when no custom init file is loaded. Result is
> always white background. *ONLY* exception is, when I run emacs with -Q
> parameter. Then load-theme works correctly.
>
> Could someone point me to what I do wrong? I'm particularly puzzled with
> fact, that even untweaked emacs ran without -Q parameter cannot load
> themes correctly.
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> david

I can confirm this, and I use themes with dark backgrounds. I do think
that the commit that "breaks" this is [0], as reverting to the one
before that one lets me use whatever custom theme I want. Perhaps themes
need to be updated to conform to the changes introduced in by this
commit?


[0]: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=15e14b165dcbc6566a0459b0d5e66f89080f569e

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[kolya.ay]

I had the same problem on Debian sid. It was because Emacs tried to setup background/foreground colors according X resources (see `xrdb -query | grep Emacs`). Untill this is fixed there is a workaround: `(setq inhibit-x-resources t)` before any `load-theme`.

On Monday, January 13, 2014 3:49:31 PM UTC+4, Mattia Ziulu wrote:
> David Belohrad writes:
> 
> 
> 
> > Dear All,
> 
> >
> 
> > I have git version of emacs compiled, using GTK3 (but tested with others
> 
> > as well). When I try to load _any_ color theme using
> 
> >
> 
> > (load-theme '<theme> t)
> 
> >
> 
> > it applies all the colors except 'default-face' background and
> 
> > foreground colors, which are always white (background) and black
> 
> > (foreground).
> 
> >
> 
> > My init file does not contain anything else than
> 
> >
> 
> > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> 
> > (load-theme 'leuven t)
> 
> > #+END_SRC
> 
> >
> 
> > And this happens as well when no custom init file is loaded. Result is
> 
> > always white background. *ONLY* exception is, when I run emacs with -Q
> 
> > parameter. Then load-theme works correctly.
> 
> >
> 
> > Could someone point me to what I do wrong? I'm particularly puzzled with
> 
> > fact, that even untweaked emacs ran without -Q parameter cannot load
> 
> > themes correctly.
> 
> >
> 
> > Many thanks
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> > david
> 
> 
> 
> I can confirm this, and I use themes with dark backgrounds. I do think
> 
> that the commit that "breaks" this is [0], as reverting to the one
> 
> before that one lets me use whatever custom theme I want. Perhaps themes
> 
> need to be updated to conform to the changes introduced in by this
> 
> commit?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [0]: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=15e14b165dcbc6566a0459b0d5e66f89080f569e

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[David Belohrad]

----------right! that's it. I had it setup as well and apparently for
background it takes preceedence over what is written in .emacs.

many thanks!
.d.


kolya.ay@gmail.com writes:

> I had the same problem on Debian sid. It was because Emacs tried to setup background/foreground colors according X resources (see `xrdb -query | grep Emacs`). Untill this is fixed there is a workaround: `(setq inhibit-x-resources t)` before any `load-theme`.
>
> On Monday, January 13, 2014 3:49:31 PM UTC+4, Mattia Ziulu wrote:
>> David Belohrad writes:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > Dear All,
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > I have git version of emacs compiled, using GTK3 (but tested with others
>> 
>> > as well). When I try to load _any_ color theme using
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > (load-theme '<theme> t)
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > it applies all the colors except 'default-face' background and
>> 
>> > foreground colors, which are always white (background) and black
>> 
>> > (foreground).
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > My init file does not contain anything else than
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>> 
>> > (load-theme 'leuven t)
>> 
>> > #+END_SRC
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > And this happens as well when no custom init file is loaded. Result is
>> 
>> > always white background. *ONLY* exception is, when I run emacs with -Q
>> 
>> > parameter. Then load-theme works correctly.
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > Could someone point me to what I do wrong? I'm particularly puzzled with
>> 
>> > fact, that even untweaked emacs ran without -Q parameter cannot load
>> 
>> > themes correctly.
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > Many thanks
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > david
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I can confirm this, and I use themes with dark backgrounds. I do think
>> 
>> that the commit that "breaks" this is [0], as reverting to the one
>> 
>> before that one lets me use whatever custom theme I want. Perhaps themes
>> 
>> need to be updated to conform to the changes introduced in by this
>> 
>> commit?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [0]: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=15e14b165dcbc6566a0459b0d5e66f89080f569e

Re: always white background in compiled emacs24

[Mattia Ziulu]

kolya.ay@gmail.com writes:

> I had the same problem on Debian sid. It was because Emacs tried to setup background/foreground colors according X resources (see `xrdb -query | grep Emacs`). Untill this is fixed there is a workaround: `(setq inhibit-x-resources t)` before any `load-theme`.
>

Thanks for the input, and sorry about the delay in the response, I just
noticed your email. I can confirm that that setq fixes the problem in my
setup.