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From: chapp@hprpcd.HP.COM (Bill Chapp)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU emacs and X windows
Message-ID: <15290002@hprpcd.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Sep 90 00:08:28 GMT
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>GNU emacs is refusing to acknowlege my .Xdefaults entries.  the
>entries look like this:
>
>
>emacs.Cursor:				black
>emacs.Forground:			SkyBlue

I don't think emacs will accept the Cursor color as a parameter in .Xdefaults.
The foreground one will work, just make sure to spell it with an `e' in it.
(I made this same mistake with another X application and drove myself crazy
for several hours.)

>also, is there any way to tell emacs NOT to start its own window, but to run
>in my terminal window?  I know that I could recompile the source without
>HAVE_X_WINDOWS defined, but the program is for others who want separate windows.

Try using emacs -nw.

-Bill