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eintr: X11 Colors

 
 16.12 X11 Colors
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 You can specify colors when you use Emacs with the MIT X Windowing
 system.
 
    I dislike the default colors and specify my own.
 
    Here are the expressions in my ‘.emacs’ file that set values:
 
      ;; Set cursor color
      (set-cursor-color "white")
 
      ;; Set mouse color
      (set-mouse-color "white")
 
      ;; Set foreground and background
      (set-foreground-color "white")
      (set-background-color "darkblue")
 
      ;;; Set highlighting colors for isearch and drag
      (set-face-foreground 'highlight "white")
      (set-face-background 'highlight "blue")
 
      (set-face-foreground 'region "cyan")
      (set-face-background 'region "blue")
 
      (set-face-foreground 'secondary-selection "skyblue")
      (set-face-background 'secondary-selection "darkblue")
 
      ;; Set calendar highlighting colors
      (add-hook 'calendar-load-hook
            (lambda ()
              (set-face-foreground 'diary-face   "skyblue")
              (set-face-background 'holiday-face "slate blue")
              (set-face-foreground 'holiday-face "white")))
 
    The various shades of blue soothe my eye and prevent me from seeing
 the screen flicker.
 
    Alternatively, I could have set my specifications in various X
 initialization files.  For example, I could set the foreground,
 background, cursor, and pointer (i.e., mouse) colors in my
 ‘~/.Xresources’ file like this:
 
      Emacs*foreground:   white
      Emacs*background:   darkblue
      Emacs*cursorColor:  white
      Emacs*pointerColor: white
 
    In any event, since it is not part of Emacs, I set the root color of
 my X window in my ‘~/.xinitrc’ file, like this(1):
 
      xsetroot -solid Navy -fg white &
 
    ---------- Footnotes ----------
 
    (1) I also run more modern window managers, such as Enlightenment,
 Gnome, or KDE; in those cases, I often specify an image rather than a
 plain color.
 

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