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Biesack" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8250: 23.3; set-backrgound-color sets incorrect color Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:43:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300194447 11519 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2011 13:07:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:07:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8250@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 15 14:07:21 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzTy3-0000TA-JZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:07:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53224 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzTy2-0001IG-Hp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43557 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzTxm-0001Gu-W0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzTxl-0004GD-T7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36358) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzTxl-0004G4-RJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:07:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzTbW-0000OT-1f; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:44:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "David J. 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Note that I have also turned off Windows 7 Aero color themes on my desktop because it is impossible to configure windows colors with a dark grey window background and white text unless you disable Aero themes and then start from the High Contrast #1 theme to set Windows system colors. -- David J. Biesack, SAS SAS Campus Dr. Cary, NC 27513 www.sas.com (919) 531-7771