* Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
@ 2008-12-11 14:30 Tim Visher
2008-12-11 20:28 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Tim Visher @ 2008-12-11 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Emacs Help List
Hello All,
I'm using Emacs based on two different builds. At home I've got a Mac
and I'm using Emacs.app built out of MacPorts. At work I'm using the
latest Emacs binary distro from GNU for Windows XP 32-bit. On both
systems I regularly start Emacs with `-fg white -bg black -cr white`
to set up a basic color set that I think works very nicely. At work
on Windows, this works very nicely with dark gray borders on the
windows (so when you get the 'line continuation' arrows you can see
them on the background). At home, on the other hand, they are white.
This is pretty bad, as most of the status things that show up in that
little border are also white. As a side note, the cursor on the Mac
is also solid no matter what, so when I go over a character with it,
it blocks it out rather than allowing me to see it in a reverse video
fashion.
How do I fix this? I'm primarily interested in getting my Mac install
to behave like my Windows install.
Thanks in advance!
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
http://burningones.com/
http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
2008-12-11 14:30 Tim Visher
@ 2008-12-11 20:28 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-12-12 23:52 ` Tim Visher
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2008-12-11 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Tim Visher; +Cc: Emacs Help List
Am 11.12.2008 um 15:30 schrieb Tim Visher:
> How do I fix this?
Check the value of "fringe" – that's the area where the "fringe-
indicators" appear. There is also a "fringe-mode." All these
variables can be customised, i.e., they can be recorded in your init
file, via an Emacs interface that you can reach from the hyper-links
in the *Help* buffers or windows.
--
Greetings
Pete
For some reason, this fortune reminds everyone of Marvin Zelkowitz.
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
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@ 2008-12-12 19:41 ` Xah Lee
2008-12-13 14:17 ` Tim Visher
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From: Xah Lee @ 2008-12-12 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Dec 11, 6:30 am, "Tim Visher" <tim.vis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm using Emacs based on two different builds. At home I've got a Mac
> and I'm using Emacs.app built out of MacPorts. At work I'm using the
> latest Emacs binary distro from GNU for Windows XP 32-bit. On both
> systems I regularly start Emacs with `-fg white -bg black -cr white`
> to set up a basic color set that I think works very nicely. At work
> on Windows, this works very nicely with dark gray borders on the
> windows (so when you get the 'line continuation' arrows you can see
> them on the background). At home, on the other hand, they are white.
> This is pretty bad, as most of the status things that show up in that
> little border are also white. As a side note, the cursor on the Mac
> is also solid no matter what, so when I go over a character with it,
> it blocks it out rather than allowing me to see it in a reverse video
> fashion.
>
> How do I fix this? I'm primarily interested in getting my Mac install
> to behave like my Windows install.
>
> Thanks in advance!
you can put something like this in your “.emacs”.
(setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 1) (right . 1) (width . 80)
(height . 45)))
there are also parameters for background color and other things.
Search emacswiki.org you'll find it.
>
> In Christ,
http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/_p2/why_not_christian.html
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
2008-12-11 20:28 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2008-12-12 23:52 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tim Visher @ 2008-12-12 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Peter Dyballa; +Cc: Emacs Help List
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
> Check the value of "fringe"
Thanks for the tip Peter. Unfortunately, I don't appear to have a
fringe variable… At least not when trying to look at it through C-h v
fringe. Should I? I'm unfortunately not at my Windows box and thus I
can't check if the variable exists there.
I did find the `-bd color` flag in the Emacs man page. However,
passing it a `grey` argument does not appear to change anything, so I
assume I'm on the wrong track.
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
http://burningones.com/
http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
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@ 2008-12-13 2:41 ` Bob Babcock
2008-12-13 13:47 ` Tim Visher
2008-12-13 13:55 ` Tim Visher
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From: Bob Babcock @ 2008-12-13 2:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
"Tim Visher" <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote in
news:mailman.2675.1229125930.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org:
>> Check the value of "fringe"
> Thanks for the tip Peter. Unfortunately, I don't appear to have a
> fringe variable
Try executing the lisp command
(set-face-background 'fringe "navy")
and see if the fringe area changes color. (I'm using this in emacs 22.2.1
under Windows.)
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
2008-12-13 2:41 ` Bob Babcock
@ 2008-12-13 13:47 ` Tim Visher
2008-12-13 13:55 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tim Visher @ 2008-12-13 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Bob Babcock; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Bob Babcock <wssddc@nospam.gis.net> wrote:
> Try executing the lisp command
> (set-face-background 'fringe "navy")
That did it. Now I'm just searching for what colors I'm allowed to
pass it. I'd like it to be something like #222 (html), but I don't
think it supports that notation. Anyway, thanks for finally setting
that straight.
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
http://burningones.com/
http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
2008-12-13 2:41 ` Bob Babcock
2008-12-13 13:47 ` Tim Visher
@ 2008-12-13 13:55 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tim Visher @ 2008-12-13 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Bob Babcock; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Bob Babcock <wssddc@nospam.gis.net> wrote:
> Try executing the lisp command
> (set-face-background 'fringe "navy")
Well, never mind. It turns out that Emacs _does_ accept #111111. Pretty cool.
Thanks again everyone!
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
http://burningones.com/
http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
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* Re: Setting the color of the window (frame?) border.
2008-12-12 19:41 ` Setting the color of the window (frame?) border Xah Lee
@ 2008-12-13 14:17 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tim Visher @ 2008-12-13 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Xah Lee; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 6:30 am, "Tim Visher" <tim.vis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you can put something like this in your ".emacs".
> (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 1) (right . 1) (width . 80)
> (height . 45)))
Thanks for the tip, Xah. I'd been looking for a way to position my
window from within my .emacs (without using the -g flag) for awhile.
This is what I was looking for! :)
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
http://burningones.com/
http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
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