From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Background color in emacs Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:54:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137435134 19294 80.91.229.2 (16 Jan 2006 18:12:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 16 19:12:06 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 1EyYok-0000PM-Tp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:10:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EyYr2-0005nf-Jb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:13:20 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Trace: individual.net ySDgEpBmxO9HccLSEZXwXwvN4r9J7Ww+FhIbWLUlM6qYxtxo+k User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/yA/t5G2SfRoeSjapInqJIrSeeA= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137057 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:32679 Archived-At: Stefan Bienert writes: > I'm trying to get emacs in X to the same look as in the console. I > mean with a black background. But if I use set-background-color, the > black font in emacs does not turn into white? You also need to set the foreground color, for example: M-x set-foreground-color RET green RET There is something called `color-theme' that you might want to check out. It helps you do all that, and more: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?ColorTheme