color customisation and multiple windows

[arildna@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am new to this group, and was hoping somebody could help me with a
problem I have been having with my .emacs-file.

A friend spent quite some time on doing a color customization which I
am quite happy with (though if anyone has tips for other color schemes
that they think would work better, feel free to comment). The problem
is that when I create a new window with C-x-5-2, the background color
for some reason changes from black to white, making a lot of the text
almost unreadable. This happens both on my iBook and on a Unix
workstation.

Does somebody have any idea why this happens, and how I could fix it?

If this is too specific a question for this list, please let me know.
(Although this question is important to me, I am not sure if I would
call it "seriously important to many people", as the forum rules seem
to demand.)

I include the .emacs-file below for reference (and in case anybody
might want to use it).

regards,
Humbro

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(set-foreground-color "DarkGoldenrod1")
(set-background-color "black")
(set-cursor-color "aquamarine1")
(set-mouse-color "RosyBrown1")
(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/
paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 )
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste
it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(bold ((t (:foreground "green" :weight bold))))
 '(bold-italic ((t (:foreground "honeydew1" :slant italic :weight
bold))))
 '(border ((t (:background "black" :foreground "red1"))))
 '(comint-highlight-input ((t (:foreground "purple" :weight bold))))
 '(font-lock-builtin-face ((((class color) (background dark))
(:foreground "violet red"))))
 '(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color) (background dark))
(:foreground "hotpink"))))
 '(font-lock-constant-face ((((class color) (background dark))
(:foreground "azure4"))))
 '(font-lock-function-name-face ((((class color) (background dark))
(:foreground "ivory"))))
 '(italic ((t (:foreground "rosy brown" :slant italic))))
 '(menu ((((type x-toolkit)) (:background "lightblue" :foreground
"black"))))
 '(mode-line ((t (:background "lightblue" :foreground "black" :box
(:line-width -1 :style released-button)))))
 '(scroll-bar ((t (:background "lightblue" :foreground "black"))))
 '(tex-math-face ((t (:foreground "seagreen1"))))
 '(tool-bar ((((type x w32 mac) (class color)) (:background
"lightblue" :foreground "black" :box (:line-width 1 :style released-
button))))))