From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: michael-franzese@gmx.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 10:50:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87v97fxiqo.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23196"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Robert Thorpe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 19 10:51:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ljHuv-0005lH-65 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 19 May 2021 10:51:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49330 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ljHut-0004OD-IZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 19 May 2021 04:50:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60174) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ljHuR-0004Ns-Jn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2021 04:50:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:60261) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ljHuP-0005DR-KZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2021 04:50:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1621414226; bh=83KvncJaoysGcspps3LDBCxbX1UOQjOV5cJcx2vITEg=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=ii8VIr0QbCfm4uD+B1YHqw26Tr1pxmmLE7/7d8YqWgSieuer7VlvsHe9d9rUpXytU xhbQcvKsJcXKtAAJwTnamqQBKOSExlL8hJRsQ+QPS6rg87bE84cqPLVBav/TAFiKk0 4EbgS5sRYHu7hfz9zw68/UcoeZclq2Ohlj9bwBcQ= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from [213.165.168.94] ([213.165.168.94]) by web-mail.gmx.net (3c-app-mailcom-bs08.server.lan [172.19.170.176]) (via HTTP); Wed, 19 May 2021 10:50:26 +0200 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal In-Reply-To: <87v97fxiqo.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> X-UI-Message-Type: mail X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:SJCqYCe6YPtLvj8v/j7FrgshV1LcVFc2JJqzqrJeLd5n3Vv9o0ExGb5+LFtdWOGquYlCg Pka9bLUvAf0joAf7ar9gUT1sxqSOZi+IvXn3hOgptxqTHH4l4aSjW7fRtWO4QHG0m1aBs6k8AwVe 6oqebiAmfT0efBgvpF77fyYT/xyuPME+XKAfFt88/PGOdQhpO0ZbldMOF6lUpNd6fM56cvYfppR3 /129WZ9B7KmgneG4fQ0qJnb+QTR3h61SlbaV9r9gVFFB+/NSI9Rq84weoWCc7H4/HZMEyWkakiYE Ps= X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:mjShsEkbLEM=:oSViJVco7+llDq7KEktlM5 p4GyqBrofXEzm5i5PB6CpKM8Dnj/WaaVm9Z0WZdmNNngBT8V+yoZ8ThWvkCrWvS0tTxwnnkfM xq4lvK6SRehjNRpMplrT57xBTWuKz5szZgnR8Pah+AgMvCDhYapAiSErbUastj7R04OgGe8uN jL8kFLd3656H3/591MhlW8127sMahHNWvz5U03onBZ0ncPjDHbjHvaqr4YI6AL0y3Sc3GSEgQ X9zV0KiVRwdAAh4Am7So+0PDTfEu3njOUf4WZLwzR8s67XNkKnZ3AAvUArc2RVqm8QzICezA8 s6XwteN84LjX8X4WmaNVW1mKYX7blF9u8mABkjBsbjsG3qu3mHydPFT8VF+8pb6HC2itC+OxK Iu0puWrigh4CDABiKKRCFpx0dZu1ZpoFwe3KNChETSaoBHKzTZhY7706gkwF4jip6mRdEuRS8 eUSN9bKs08JdqdTBI4hRSgFLWkV476xTcrRU267O5jqx8In6GTxT6AAAc7ixFqV4NaapGgeXi e2ihzy1ew0606msOWp8sMGEKPjU1SXPKywyRA4MG24gQSsllA35+nhbIXk99gz/QtTxo+CTX2 f/HVBZFhwym1ud3HMHZ/mr8q6cdDYuh1c3RMKlmR7B65s1+OJMDpC3231+wH3/+YCpFP4+wXe jKvGqee5dyK+kCq8LbI1HRS16sYT6ZbOm8AaIPzvcN4NG6IjMvMBYovDT+7Yh8MexbzeXE6AE DGsrR/t939vizqgHmMZc2m6HzAJaM1nGY9bnGFB1FmdyQhg/OpZl0sZ8RxXipGMSHqgveOkN Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.17.20; envelope-from=michael-franzese@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:129921 Archived-At: I will check. > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7:53 PM > From: "Robert Thorpe" > To: michael-franzese@gmx.com > Cc: "Christopher Dimech" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [External] : Cannot see what is written on modeline > > I think there is some confusion about X resources here. > > By default the X windowing system doesn't set any of the things that > we've been talking about. If you start with X and no special > configuration then Emacs uses the Emacs default settings. > > X resources are something that someone sets. In this case you have set > an X resource for some reason that has interferred with Emacs' > functioning. The X windowing system itself has not created that > setting. Someone doing configuration has created that setting. > > Maybe you copied an X resource snippet from the internet and that has > caused this. > > At an outside chance it may be the distro that you are using that has > added this X resource. If so, that is a bug in the distro and should be > reported to the distro maintainers. > > To check whether that is the cause you can create a new user account. > If "emacs" is run from that new account it should look like "emacs -Q". > If it does then a user-added X-resource is the problem. If the same > contrast problem occurs then the the distro probably has a bug. > > This is the first time I've heard of a problem like this for Emacs. I > don't think it warrants a change to the way Emacs works. > > BR, > Robert Thorpe > >