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Subject: Re: colored fonts in batch mode
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Jason Rumney <jasonrumney@gmail.com> writes:

> On May 8, 10:15 am, Carsten Dominik <domi...@science.uva.nl> wrote:
>
>> This works great in interactive work, when I actually have a window
>> system running.  However, in batch mode, Emacs seems to think that it
>> is displaying on a black-and-white device, so the fontification is much
>> poorer in this case.
>
> Try putting the following in a file (batch-color.el) and loading it as
> the first part of your batch operation:
>
> (set-frame-parameter nil 'display-type 'color)
> (defun display-color-cells (&optional display)
>   "Fake hicolor display"
>   65536)

Hmmm, I see where you are heading.  However, in batch mode,
set-frame-parameter does not seem to be defined as a function....  Also
a (require 'frame) does not seem to help.

Any further ideas?

Thanks!

- Carsten