emacs-looks...

emacs-looks...

[Kenneth Buchwald Johansen]

Hi!
I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I really
don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors (green and
black)?
Thanks!
- Kenneth

Re: emacs-looks...

[Kai Großjohann]

"Kenneth Buchwald Johansen" <toohey@math.com> writes:

> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I really
> don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors (green and
> black)?

You can set it from ~/.Xdefaults, like for other X11 programs.
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Re: emacs-looks...

[roodwriter]

Kenneth Buchwald Johansen wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I
> really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors
> (green and black)?
> Thanks!
> - Kenneth


I'm using KDE 3.0 and it took the colors I use for the desktop--gray 
background and white letters, which I use because I can go for long periods 
of time before my eyes water. It doesn't in Gnome, just black letters on 
white, which, for me, is like staring into a light after awhile.

If you load up Emacs at the command line you can set the colors like this:

emacs -fg green -bg black

-fg is foreground, -bg is background. -ms is the mouse color, if you want to 
change that.

It's all in the man pages.

Hope this helps.

--Rod



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Re: emacs-looks...

[Kester Clegg]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> > emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white
> > background). I really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use
> > the 'normal' colors (green and black)?
> 
> You can set it from ~/.Xdefaults, like for other X11 programs.

But I personally think it's not wise to split your colour preferences
over two files - I like to keep in one .emacs file which I take where
ever I go.  Why not try M-x list-faces-display and change the default
from there?
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Re: emacs-looks...

[Captain]

Hi

Try color-theme package. It has quite a few different color skins and you 
can switch between them with one command. (I am using dark-laptop theme 
myself - white text on black background)

Cheers
Andrey

On 28 Jan 2003, you wrote in gnu.emacs.help:

> Hi!
> I'm using debian, and when I use apt-get install emacs21, the default
> emacs-colors are white and black (black text and white background). I
> really don't like that - how do I set emacs to use the 'normal' colors
> (green and black)?
> Thanks!
> - Kenneth
> 
> 

Re: emacs-looks...

[Kenneth Buchwald Johansen]

Thanks guys!
- Kenneth