[Techtalk] emacs
Rebecca J. Walter
rjp at mail.tele.dk
Fri Nov 2 09:59:49 EST 2001
On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 00:39, Raven Brooke wrote:
>
> hey thx this was very helpful : )
>
> one more emacs question pls?
>
> I am trying to have emacs display with a black bg, white fg. I have
> created a .Xresources file in my home directory. I put the .Xresources
> file in my FILESEARCHPATH. No dice - white bg. I have searched in every
> FAQ I can find, but am still not able to determine why emacs ignores my
> .Xresources. Is this even the best way to control this behavior?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
I have my color settings in both .Xdefaults and .Xresources. It works,
but I don't know that I actually need it in both places.
(i like a green background. dunno why)
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