From: dickey@invisible-island.net (Thomas E. Dickey)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic mark color outside of terminal?
Date: 27 Oct 2008 11:08:27 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4905a12b$0$5761$e4f62565@news.jtan.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2f9914e1-803d-49f5-885f-23843ffcc18a@v53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com
quodlibetor <quodlibetor@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, i'm guessing it's actually a limitation of the tty, but when i
> open emacs in a terminal and edit code, the mark changes color to be
> the color of the text it's over. I like it, though, or at least want
> to know how to set it to be that way when i edit outside of the
> terminal. Is there a way to do that? I can't find it anywhere.
That could be xterm - which (unless you have a specific cursor-color),
will set the cursor color to be the reverse of the foreground/background
for the character-cell where it is positioned. That generally ensures
that the cursor is visible.
Setting the cursor color to an explicit value overrides that...
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Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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2008-10-24 19:46 Dynamic mark color outside of terminal? quodlibetor
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