From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry OReilly Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How do I avoid purple-on-black and yellow-on-white? Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:53:22 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b33d5a0595fd504f18bbef0 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391482400 20863 80.91.229.3 (4 Feb 2014 02:53:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 02:53:20 +0000 (UTC) To: bruce.korb@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 04 03:53:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WAW8g-0007F0-9g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:53:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50458 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAW8f-0002Nc-GG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:53:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34643) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAW8b-0002NV-AP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:53:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAW8a-00021w-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:53:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-oa0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e]:55497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WAW8a-00021p-6W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:53:24 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id n16so9188838oag.33 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:53:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=LgWaVPQK1aUWHtFYyfKL0cEmeEuNeITH+FTxKtVScoA=; b=cGFfWmqsecpzex701Umb0KWU+NYDqTjUr3KcIPSFV6/kCemoud7Kzkt3kSxvjd3V3k T48wpe8SEQ/AJWlcA1N0PIO7xHglOokTiKExQ1DO/A9hHRUNl7gG6cEORttEYLNJqqdM ARIGpbf98l+EHiDjKyZBuVE6PohPo1HmZq0V0UjvG1uQQO59iUmIWYvvYZ9hJM4EKr5o 29vyQan5Z2RsfeY4oZnqZnEPobXmSHd2Y60Aoatpuaabv/Ijj3KpZxW/HiMQCsUwcAvA Klu13FY64Z6UE9o10foxVatjgfOofXJ2+rYUY6Ya49XR1ekDy4tJMp06T+Go7hiWcbxb Aa3w== X-Received: by 10.60.93.105 with SMTP id ct9mr33481611oeb.12.1391482403102; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:53:23 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.76.21.84 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 18:53:22 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:169374 Archived-At: --047d7b33d5a0595fd504f18bbef0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > I should not be required to go do hours of research to figure out > how to fiddle settings so that it doesn't happen. Agreed. You could submit the issue via report-emacs-bug. The doc for frame-background-mode says "nil (automatic by default) if you want Emacs to examine the brightness for you". It is not evidently doing so in this case, because for me: emacs -nw -Q M-x customize-face RET minbuffer-prompt shows medium blue rather than the expected cyan, using mate-terminal configured to white on black in a Mint 12.04 install. So Someone needs to investigate whether there's a way to determine the terminal color settings and have the "automatic by default" behavior cause the defined faces to use their "dark background" settings. --047d7b33d5a0595fd504f18bbef0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> I should not be required to go do hours of research t= o figure out
> how to fiddle settings so that it doesn't happen.<= br>
Agreed. You could submit the issue via report-emacs-bug.

The = doc for frame-background-mode says "nil (automatic by default) if
you want Emacs to examine the brightness for you". It is not
eviden= tly doing so in this case, because for me:

=A0 emacs -nw -Q
=A0 M= -x customize-face RET minbuffer-prompt

shows medium blue rather than= the expected cyan, using mate-terminal
configured to white on black in a Mint 12.04 install.

So Someone nee= ds to investigate whether there's a way to determine the
terminal co= lor settings and have the "automatic by default" behavior
cause the defined faces to use their "dark background" settings.<= br>
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