From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to stop emacs from showing additional background for text? Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:05:14 +0100 Message-ID: <6D8DE97E-E640-41D5-8BCB-12BAAC9E41EF@Web.DE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267135652 28754 80.91.229.12 (25 Feb 2010 22:07:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Raghuram Devarakonda Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 25 23:07:28 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nklrj-0007ae-Ob for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:07:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58592 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nklrj-0006G6-59 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:07:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NklrH-0006EM-8j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60672 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NklrG-0006Dn-5n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NklrF-0006Jm-EA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:58 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:59282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NklrF-0006AA-6r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:06:57 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0261B1403151D; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:05:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.181.73] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #314) id 1Nklpb-0005nS-00; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:05:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX187cwUhk7vLrOB8X9p5Ff9Gqbv75MNZa4B/xBRe EJsxxwwVmnsxA752X4s4Q09Dyd8gvrTzvj6gy9JIWJC/ZD+IbS H8+qVuK82E4EJD4Hr5Vg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:72140 Archived-At: Am 25.02.2010 um 16:53 schrieb Raghuram Devarakonda: > I found that emacs frame is always coming > up with the same background color (very light grey) irrespective of > what I pass with "-bg" option. In fact, the color I pass with "-bg" is > what is showing up as background for all the text. I don't understand this: is it failing or is it working? (Maybe some example helps.) With "frame-parameters" you are meaning initial- and default-frame-alist? You can try to launch GNU Emacs with the -q option. This will make it not to load your init file. By this means you can at least find whether command line settings work. Finally it's possible that Suse comes with its own set of special customisation files. The *Messages* buffer might record when they load, you could also search your system (with locate, for example) whether it has EL files outside GNU Emacs' installation area. This could give you a hint that something interferes with your setup. You could also use a trace utility to find out which files GNU Emacs loads at startup, which could also reveal the cause for differences you notice. Anyway, a (small, two lines, 20 characters) screen-shot might explain what this "additional background for text" is. -- Greetings Pete Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.