From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: simple color scheme Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:23:05 -0400 Message-ID: <87y75flpe4.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: <87wsl0znud.fsf@puteracy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212952190 13698 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2008 19:09:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:09:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: peter hodgson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 08 21:10:31 2008 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 4.50) id 1K5QHP-0005hh-2C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:10:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56824 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5QGb-000412-VH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5QGI-00040N-99 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5QGF-0003zj-SP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50381 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5QGF-0003zg-N5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:03 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:35447 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5QGF-0004Vf-Jx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:03 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-071-070-216-139.nc.res.rr.com [71.70.216.139]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m58J86Dc015678; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:08:10 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:54622 Archived-At: peter hodgson writes: > ubuntu [hardy] > emacs: 22.1-0ubuntu10 > gnus: 5.11+v0.5.dfsg > slackware [12.0] > emacs: 22.2-i486-1 > > i need to get rid of the complex color schemes in my gnus mail buffer, > (Message MML Fly +Chg Abbrev Fill) > and my major emacs composing mode, > (Parindent Fly +Chg); > > i want a white [not gray] background, > black foreground, > and yellow for spelling mistakes; > > do i have to purge all mention of color from .bashrc, .bash_profile, > /etc/X11/Xresources, etc.? > > can i start over with a few simple lines? i've googled and read up on > this topic, but nothing i've tried can even get rid of the gray > background; > > send me to the appropriate info source; thanks, imputerate Try customizing gnus-visual. Or turn of font-lock: M-x font-lock-mode RET. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu Homepage: http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj Please read http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj/roe.html