From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: customized default face doesn't work on new frames Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:59:34 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043229733 3964 80.91.224.249 (22 Jan 2003 10:02:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18bHhx-00011U-00 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:02:09 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18bHjg-0007sb-00 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:03:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18bHhM-00056T-0B for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 05:01:32 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18bHgg-000506-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 05:00:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18bHga-0004yD-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 05:00:45 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18bHfS-0004GE-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:59:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18bHfS-0002Pw-00; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 04:59:34 -0500 Original-To: Dave Love In-reply-to: (message from Dave Love on 20 Jan 2003 18:30:45 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10966 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10966 If you customize the default face, it doesn't take effect on subsequently-created frames, which is surprising. The code somewhat suggests this is intentional, but I can't see why and the behaviour simply seems wrong. I think that is a bug. Where exactly does the code suggest this was intentional? I tried it just now, changing the background of `default' to purple, and it did take affect for subsequently created frames--almost. It changed the background for text, but it did not work quite right in setting the background for empty areas of the screen. Is that what you observed? I have a suspicion that this relates to screen-gamma.