From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jmg3000@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing the Background and foreground colors in Emacs Date: 18 Sep 2006 17:13:04 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1158624784.476335.200110@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158626432 16022 80.91.229.2 (19 Sep 2006 00:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 19 02:40:31 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 1GPTez-00061B-CL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:40:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GPTey-00069d-Uo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:40:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.86.66.31 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1158624790 11435 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2006 00:13:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:13:10 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060731 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.5,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.86.66.31; posting-account=0jymeQwAAAALbReIpIl6kgFFa_Xdu9Pp Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141854 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:37476 Archived-At: Don Kauffman wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been very frustrated trying to locate information on changing the > background color in Emacs. Hi Don, I'm just a novice on Emacs at the moment, but the first thing I did to get Emacs looking good was to add (color-theme-gray30) to my ~/.emacs file (but then I tweaked it to get the comments to not be italic). grey30 rocks. :) To choose a theme you like, quit Emacs, run "sudo apt-get install emacs-color-schemes", then open up Emacs and go the "Tools --> Color Themes" menu item. When the new buffer opens, just scroll down and hit RET for each one 'til you find one you like. Once you've chosen one, do "Options --> Save Options". ---John