colors in emacs

colors in emacs

[Evan Kirkland]

Hello,

I was wondering where I can configure emacs so that I can have a different 
color background, other than white?

thanks,
evan



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Re: colors in emacs

[Bijan Soleymani]

"Evan Kirkland" <captain_wormhole@hotmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering where I can configure emacs so that I can have a
> different color background, other than white?

This is from the emacs manual under the section about command-line
arguments, in the node about window colors:

"
Window Color Options
====================

   On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
parts of the Emacs display.  To find out what colors are available on
your system, type `M-x list-colors-display', or press `C-Mouse-2' and
select `Display Colors' from the pop-up menu.  If you do not specify
colors, on windowed displays the default for the background is white
and the default for all other colors is black.  On a monochrome
display, the foreground is black, the background is white, and the
border is gray if the display supports that.  On terminals, the
background is usually black and the foreground is white.

   Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors:

`-fg COLOR'
`--foreground-color=COLOR'
     Specify the foreground color.  COLOR should be a standard color
     name, or a numeric specification of the color's red, green, and
     blue components as in `#4682B4' or `RGB:46/82/B4'.

`-bg COLOR'
`--background-color=COLOR'
     Specify the background color.

`-bd COLOR'
`--border-color=COLOR'
     Specify the color of the border of the X window.

`-cr COLOR'
`--cursor-color=COLOR'
     Specify the color of the Emacs cursor which indicates where point
     is.

`-ms COLOR'
`--mouse-color=COLOR'
     Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the
     Emacs window.

`-r'
`-rv'
`--reverse-video'
     Reverse video--swap the foreground and background colors.

   For example, to use a coral mouse cursor and a slate blue text
cursor, enter:

     emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &

   You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
`-rv' option or with the X resource `reverseVideo'.

   The `-fg', `-bg', and `-rv' options function on text-only terminals
as well as on window systems.
"

If you are using emacs on GNU/Linux or any other unix-like system then
you can set this permanently in your .Xresources file. This is also
described in the emacs manual:

In the same section about command-line arguments
in the node about X resources.

Hope that helps,

Bijan

Re: colors in emacs

[Alex Schroeder]

"Evan Kirkland" <captain_wormhole@hotmail.com> writes:

> I was wondering where I can configure emacs so that I can have a
> different color background, other than white?

You will end up configuring lots and lots of faces, too.  See M-x
customize-face, or get color-theme.el...

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ColorTheme

Colors in Emacs

[CloudStrife]

Hi all,
The default colora Emacs uses in syntax highlighting are not as good as
those in vim. Is there a easy way/a readymade package, which will
change these colors to more attractive and distinguishable.
Thanx in advance
CloudStrife

RE: Colors in Emacs

[Bourgneuf Francois]

The color-theme package does it wonderfully : http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?ColorTheme
Bour9

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Hi all,
The default colora Emacs uses in syntax highlighting are not as good as
those in vim. Is there a easy way/a readymade package, which will
change these colors to more attractive and distinguishable.
Thanx in advance
CloudStrife

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Re: Colors in Emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.08.2006 um 11:04 schrieb CloudStrife:

> Hi all,
> The default colora Emacs uses in syntax highlighting are not as  
> good as
> those in vim. Is there a easy way/a readymade package, which will
> change these colors to more attractive and distinguishable.

I think the customise interface allows this. You just need to know  
which faces you want to change. These can be retrieved by positioning  
the cursor on those faces you don't like and pressing C-u C-x = RET.  
The *Help* window will have hyper-links to the customise interface.

--
Greetings

   Pete

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fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Re: Colors in Emacs

[CloudStrife]

hi Bourgneuf Francois,
Thanx a lot... it is very nice site.
CloudStrife

Bourgneuf Francois wrote:
> The color-theme package does it wonderfully : http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?ColorTheme
> Bour9
>
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> Envoyé : mardi 22 août 2006 11:04
> À : help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Objet : Colors in Emacs
>
> Hi all,
> The default colora Emacs uses in syntax highlighting are not as good as
> those in vim. Is there a easy way/a readymade package, which will
> change these colors to more attractive and distinguishable.
> Thanx in advance
> CloudStrife
>
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Re: Colors in Emacs

[CloudStrife]

Hi Pete,
I am a newbie to emacs. I didnot understand your suggestion. Can you
elaborate?
CloudStrife

Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 22.08.2006 um 11:04 schrieb CloudStrife:
>
> > Hi all,
> > The default colora Emacs uses in syntax highlighting are not as
> > good as
> > those in vim. Is there a easy way/a readymade package, which will
> > change these colors to more attractive and distinguishable.
>
> I think the customise interface allows this. You just need to know
> which faces you want to change. These can be retrieved by positioning
> the cursor on those faces you don't like and pressing C-u C-x = RET.
> The *Help* window will have hyper-links to the customise interface.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night, but set a man on
> fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Re: Colors in Emacs

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.08.2006 um 14:47 schrieb CloudStrife:

> I am a newbie to emacs. I didnot understand your suggestion. Can you
> elaborate?

Try and see! C-h i RET m Emacs RET might be more elaborate than my  
writing.

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