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> From: Warren Harris <warrenharris@google.com>> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:42:04 -0700
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 7943@debbugs.gnu.org
>Great! So can we close this bug now?
> I believe I've figured out what was going on. It had nothing to do with the
> white setting to #e5e5e5, but the fact that somehow in my .emacs file the
> custom-set-faces contained the line:
>
> '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground
> "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil
> :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 115 :width normal
> :foundry "unknown" :family "DejaVu Sans Mono"))))
>
> I'm not sure how this got there, but removing the :background "white" from
> it changes the window's background from dark grey to bright white again.
> Text is now readable.