From: Gilbert Harman <harman@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: Changing foreground/background colors in all frames
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:24:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C0BEF91A.24FC5%harman@princeton.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C0BEDF1F.7A1%swidanf@hhmi.org>
> I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
> frames. I have added
>
> (set-background-color "black")
> (set-foreground-color "white")
>
> To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
> if I use
>
> C-x 5 f
>
> To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
> .emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.
>
> Any ideas how to tackle this issue?
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(foreground-color . "white"))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(background-color . "black"))
Gil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-21 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-21 15:33 Changing foreground/background colors in all frames Swidan, Firas
2006-06-21 17:24 ` Gilbert Harman [this message]
2006-06-21 18:45 ` Swidan, Firas
2006-06-21 17:38 ` Ehud Karni
2006-06-21 19:21 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.3128.1150911529.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-06-21 19:21 ` Norbert Melzer
2006-06-21 20:15 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <mailman.3123.1150909180.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-06-21 22:36 ` Tim X
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