Can you change default emacs colors?

Can you change default emacs colors?

[Daireus Mann]

Hi,
I just started using Linux and emacs and i was wondering if there was anyway
to change the default color scheme. I am using red hat 9 and what ever emacs
comes with that. I want to change the backround to black and the black text
white, everything else can stay the same.
Thanks!

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[Ola Nilsson]

Hello,

"Daireus Mann" <dcmann@cox.net> writes:
> Hi,
> I just started using Linux and emacs and i was wondering if there was anyway
> to change the default color scheme. I am using red hat 9 and what ever emacs
> comes with that. I want to change the backround to black and the black text
> white, everything else can stay the same.
> Thanks!

Try something like this in your emacs:

;;setup colors
(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")

(setq default-frame-alist
  '((width . 120)
    (height . 69)
    (background-color . "black")
    (foreground-color . "white")
    ;;	(font . "-*-Courier New-normal-r-*-*-11-82-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")))
    ))

I don't think you need both, but I use one (the top) for my none-X (emacs -nw) 
emacses, and the bottom one for my X emacses.

In the default-frame-alist you can also see a way of setting the default frame
size and an, out commented, way of selecting a font.

Does anyone know where you find a list of possible color choices? These where
rewritten with black/white, I normally use "lemon chiffon" and "DodgerBlue4",
but I don't know all the options.

Regards,
-- 
/Ola Nilsson

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[kgold]

Ola Nilsson <sds024five1@sydpost.remove.nu> writes:
> 
> Does anyone know where you find a list of possible color choices? These where
> rewritten with black/white, I normally use "lemon chiffon" and "DodgerBlue4",
> but I don't know all the options.

Apropos is your friend.  "C-h a colors" gets one hit ...

	M-x list-colors-display

which is usually found at

	Edit - Text Properties - Display Colors

-- 

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[Daireus Mann]

Ok, this is going to sound really dumb, but remember im a total noob.
where exactaly do i enter these commands?
if i just type ;; then it puts me on the scratch sheet and that does nothing
right?
Thanks for the help btw!
"Ola Nilsson" <sds024five1@sydpost.remove.nu> wrote in message
news:87ismfrx3f.fsf@helmut.nilsson.homedns.org...
> Hello,
>
> "Daireus Mann" <dcmann@cox.net> writes:
> > Hi,
> > I just started using Linux and emacs and i was wondering if there was
anyway
> > to change the default color scheme. I am using red hat 9 and what ever
emacs
> > comes with that. I want to change the backround to black and the black
text
> > white, everything else can stay the same.
> > Thanks!
>
> Try something like this in your emacs:
>
> ;;setup colors
> (set-background-color "black")
> (set-foreground-color "white")
>
> (setq default-frame-alist
>   '((width . 120)
>     (height . 69)
>     (background-color . "black")
>     (foreground-color . "white")
>     ;; (font . "-*-Courier New-normal-r-*-*-11-82-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")))
>     ))
>
> I don't think you need both, but I use one (the top) for my none-X
(emacs -nw)
> emacses, and the bottom one for my X emacses.
>
> In the default-frame-alist you can also see a way of setting the default
frame
> size and an, out commented, way of selecting a font.
>
> Does anyone know where you find a list of possible color choices? These
where
> rewritten with black/white, I normally use "lemon chiffon" and
"DodgerBlue4",
> but I don't know all the options.
>
> Regards,
> --
> /Ola Nilsson

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[Daireus Mann]

Ok, never mind. I found the .emacs file and put it in there and everything
works great.
Thanks for the help!
"Ola Nilsson" <sds024five1@sydpost.remove.nu> wrote in message
news:87ismfrx3f.fsf@helmut.nilsson.homedns.org...
> Hello,
>
> "Daireus Mann" <dcmann@cox.net> writes:
> > Hi,
> > I just started using Linux and emacs and i was wondering if there was
anyway
> > to change the default color scheme. I am using red hat 9 and what ever
emacs
> > comes with that. I want to change the backround to black and the black
text
> > white, everything else can stay the same.
> > Thanks!
>
> Try something like this in your emacs:
>
> ;;setup colors
> (set-background-color "black")
> (set-foreground-color "white")
>
> (setq default-frame-alist
>   '((width . 120)
>     (height . 69)
>     (background-color . "black")
>     (foreground-color . "white")
>     ;; (font . "-*-Courier New-normal-r-*-*-11-82-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")))
>     ))
>
> I don't think you need both, but I use one (the top) for my none-X
(emacs -nw)
> emacses, and the bottom one for my X emacses.
>
> In the default-frame-alist you can also see a way of setting the default
frame
> size and an, out commented, way of selecting a font.
>
> Does anyone know where you find a list of possible color choices? These
where
> rewritten with black/white, I normally use "lemon chiffon" and
"DodgerBlue4",
> but I don't know all the options.
>
> Regards,
> --
> /Ola Nilsson

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[Johan Bockgård]

"Daireus Mann" <dcmann@cox.net> writes:

> I just started using Linux and emacs and i was wondering if there
> was anyway to change the default color scheme.

Maybe you would like

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ColorTheme

-- 
Johan Bockgård

Re: Can you change default emacs colors?

[LEE Sau Dan]

>>>>> "Daireus" == Daireus Mann <dcmann@cox.net> writes:

    Daireus> Hi, I just started using Linux and emacs and i was
    Daireus> wondering if there was anyway to change the default color
    Daireus> scheme. I am using red hat 9 and what ever emacs comes
    Daireus> with that. I want to change the backround to black and
    Daireus> the black text white, everything else can stay the same.
    Daireus> Thanks!

emacs -rv


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