bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

[Li Zhai]

I am using emacs 24.0.5 under Ubuntu with the following .emacs

(set-cursor-color “red”)

This code works fine on the trunk emacs (2010-10-08). But when I
updated my emacs to the latest trunk, the cursor color changed to
white rather than red (I am using dark background).

bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

[Andreas Schwab]

Li Zhai <mrzhaili@gmail.com> writes:

> I am using emacs 24.0.5 under Ubuntu with the following .emacs
>
> (set-cursor-color “red”)

What is the value of “red”?

Andreas.

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bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

[Li Zhai]

"What is the value of “red”?" I don't understand.

Here is the specific description:

1. Empty the .emacs file.
2. Add the following codes to the .emacs

(setq initial-frame-alist
      '((foreground-color . "grey80")
        (background-color . "black")
        (background-mode . dark)
	(cursor-color     . "red")))
(setq default-frame-alist
      '((foreground-color . "grey80")
        (background-color . "black")
        (background-mode  . 'dark)
        (cursor-color     . "red")))

(set-cursor-color "red")

These code is supposed to change the background color to black and the
cursor color to red. And these code works fine on the emacs 23.2.

bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

[Chong Yidong]

Li Zhai <mrzhaili@gmail.com> writes:

> "What is the value of “red”?" I don't understand.
>
> Here is the specific description:
>
> 1. Empty the .emacs file.
> 2. Add the following codes to the .emacs
>
> (setq initial-frame-alist
>       '((foreground-color . "grey80")
>         (background-color . "black")
>         (background-mode . dark)
> 	(cursor-color     . "red")))
> (setq default-frame-alist
>       '((foreground-color . "grey80")
>         (background-color . "black")
>         (background-mode  . 'dark)
>         (cursor-color     . "red")))
>
> (set-cursor-color "red")

Thanks.  I've checked in a fix.

By the way, that last set-cursor-color call should be unnecessary.