From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Senthil Nathan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Pls help in emacs settings for Foreground and Background color settings Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:08:30 +0530 Message-ID: <4576E3F6.9090206@adventnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1165429923 21691 80.91.229.10 (6 Dec 2006 18:32:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:32:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 06 19:32:01 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gs1Ym-0000tE-2B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:32:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs1Yk-0004mV-EE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:31:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GryrE-00077v-V4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GryrC-00074x-CU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GryrC-00074s-8G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.193.155.110] (helo=alps.manageengine.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GryrB-0007o1-PZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:38:50 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp.india.adventnet.com (smtp.india.adventnet.com [192.168.4.41]) by alps.manageengine.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id kB6Fca5e009400 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:08:37 +0530 Original-Received: from [192.168.111.122] (senthils.india.adventnet.com [192.168.111.122]) by smtp.india.adventnet.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id kB6FcSJK004572 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:08:30 +0530 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.84, clamav-milter version 0.84e on mail-hub.india.adventnet.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:31:51 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15445 Archived-At: Hi, I am new to this editor. The version of my Emacs is " GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt 5.1.2600) of 2004-03-11 on NYAUMO". For Linux machines the settings for the foregroung and backgroun colours are specified in .emacs file. I am using Windows machine and I cant fine .emacs file in my installation directory or at any other places. Can you please provide me a sample .emacs file that suits to me. I need to change the default Background color of White to some dark colours that won't irritates my eyes. I am awaiting for your response. Thanks in advence. Regards Senthil.S