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Subject: Re: Same 'face' spec initialized to different values for x and
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> From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:56:18 +0100
> 
> *NB*: emacs has a light background in both x and xterm. Thus it looks
>  very weird the aforementioned face is initialized to the dark
>  background value.

Emacs cannot determine the background color on a text terminal, so it
assumes something.  Without -nw, Emacs queries the window system about
the default color, so it can adjust its background mode.

Try setting frame-background-mode to 'light in the xterm case, and I
think you will have the colors that you want.