From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Memnon Anon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New Frame is different Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <87y5v71eyf.fsf@mean.albasani.net> References: <4ECC140B.5080402@gmail.com> <87ty5vjw4g.fsf@gmail.com> <4ECC3CC6.5080606@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322033124 20577 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2011 07:25:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:25:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 23 08:25:20 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Cp-00087C-VZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:25:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45556 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Cp-0002iW-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:25:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Ck-0002gt-Ac for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:25:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Cj-0000MY-1a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:25:14 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:40698) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Ci-0000ML-Og for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:25:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RT7Cg-00084t-DC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from e178199119.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.199.119]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from gegendosenfleisch by e178199119.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:25:10 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: e178199119.adsl.alicedsl.de Cancel-Lock: sha1:ixpSmT6joSjMP+aGkp0XOCu3tjs= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83013 Archived-At: >>> Hi. I open a frame using an emacs launcher and the background is >>> black and the text is white as I set in my ~/.emacs file. >> How did you set it? > I set it: > (set-foreground-color "white") > (set-background-color "black") > (set-cursor-color "green" ) ,----[ C-h f set-foreground-color ] | (set-foreground-color COLOR-NAME) | [...] | Set the foreground color of the selected frame to COLOR-NAME. | [...] `---- ,----[ (emacs) Creating Frames ] | Here's a similar example for specifying a foreground color: | | (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(foreground-color . "blue")) | | By putting such customizations in your init file, you can control the | appearance of all the frames Emacs creates, including the initial one. `---- hth Memnon