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From: Jim Kalb <jimkalb@gmail.com.INVALID>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs help; can't see to alter options!
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:02:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87my6cm7hg.fsf@gmail.com.INVALID> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4093.1249621519.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

>>>>> "Kalebmcc" == Kalebmcc  <kalebmcc@gmail.com> writes:

    Kalebmcc> I have poor eyesight, and so navigating Emacs is very
    Kalebmcc> difficult for me. I am very new but want to learn. I found
    Kalebmcc> that switching Vim to a dark, terminal-like colorscheme
    Kalebmcc> helped immensely.

    Kalebmcc> I stumbled through the Faces options and found a variable
    Kalebmcc> that seemed to indicate background color, but when I set
    Kalebmcc> it to dark and saved, all it did was turn the left and
    Kalebmcc> right borders dark. This is not helpful.

I'd suggest getting color-theme, http://www.nongnus.org/color-theme.
Once that's up and running it should be easy to find a combination of
colors that makes life easier for you.

jk


       reply	other threads:[~2009-08-07  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2009-08-07  7:02 ` Jim Kalb [this message]
2009-08-07  1:41 Emacs help; can't see to alter options! Kalebmcc
2009-08-07  5:36 ` Bastien

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