Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bu.edu!bu-cs!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!ardent!mac From: mac@rhea.ardent.com (Mike McNamara) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: Re: Reverse Video Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 02:30:03 GMT References: <131004@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@ardent.UUCP Reply-To: mac@ardent.com (Michael McNamara) Organization: Ardent Computer Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 29 In-reply-to: nataraj@celebrity.Sun.COM's message of 31 Jan 90 01:54:04 GMT > Is there a way to run gnuemacs on reverse video under X-Windows?? > > Like white text on black window on a mono screen.. > C-h f x-set-foreground-color x-set-foreground-color: Set foreground (text) color to COLOR. C-h f x-set-background-color x-set-background-color: Set background color to COLOR. Try some thing like this is your .emacs (if (eq window-system 'x) (progn (x-set-cursor-color "white") (x-set-mouse-color "yellow") (x-set-background-color "black") (x-set-foreground-color "yellow") (x-set-internal-border-width 3) (x-set-border-width 3) (x-set-border-color "blue") ) ) -- Michael McNamara (St)ardent, Inc. mac@ardent.com