From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/3831 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sten Drescher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: default colors (dark background) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 18:15:17 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <14942.395015578$1042178876@news.gmane.org> References: <9510311257.AA07216@sunthpi3.sunthpi> <9510311354.AA26702@gemini.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035144658 27452 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:10:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: campo@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it, ding@ifi.uio.no X-From-Line: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Fri Nov 3 16:59:07 1995 Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by miranova.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA12947 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 16:59:00 -0800 Original-Received: from devnull (devnull.mpd.tandem.com [131.124.4.29]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Sat, 4 Nov 1995 01:15:04 +0100 Original-Received: from galil.austnsc.tandem.com. by devnull (8.6.8/8.6.6) id SAA27914; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 18:13:03 -0600 Original-Received: (from dreschs@localhost) by galil.austnsc.tandem.com. (8.7.1/8.7.1) id SAA01979; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 18:15:17 -0600 (CST) Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-reply-to: elf@mailhost.ee.ryerson.ca's message of Original-Cc: elf@mailhost.ee.ryerson.ca (Luis Fernandes) Original-Lines: 107 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:3831 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:3831 elf@mailhost.ee.ryerson.ca (Luis Fernandes) said: LF> For those who have "light dark" backgrounds, like grey75, the LF> default colours (dark blue & forest green) are very readable, but LF> for those who prefer shades of "really dark" (like me; I use LF> dodgerblue4), "dark blue" is unreadable, as is "forest green". LF> I end up modifying both the aforementioned entries in gnus-cus.el, LF> every time I install a new version of gnus. LF> However, any choice that looks good on "really dark" looks too LF> bright on "light dark"; trust me, I inadvertently (!) volunteered to LF> design a default colour scheme and have been debating this problem LF> for a while now. LF> I can't see an easy solution to this without specifying an LF> additional shade of background: 'really-dark, in addition to 'light LF> and 'dark. Well, using the [Help][Customize...] menu item to set the faces works, sorta. Even this is bad, because I change colors on the fly. In my .emacs, I have: (if (eq window-system 'x) (progn (defun white () (interactive) (set-mouse-color "green2") (set-cursor-color "red") (set-foreground-color "black") (set-background-color "antiquewhite") (set-face-background 'region "cyan3" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'region "black" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "yellow" (selected-frame) ) (set-face-background 'modeline "black" (selected-frame) ) ) (defun blue () (interactive) (set-mouse-color "cyan3") (set-cursor-color "cyan3") (set-foreground-color "cyan3") (set-background-color "darkslateblue") (set-face-background 'region "LightGoldenrod4" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'region "cyan3" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "darkslateblue" (selected-frame) ) (set-face-background 'modeline "cyan3" (selected-frame) ) ) (defun green () (interactive) (set-mouse-color "green") (set-cursor-color "cyan3") (set-foreground-color "yellow") (set-background-color "dark green") (set-face-background 'region "grey" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'region "black" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white" (selected-frame) ) (set-face-background 'modeline "black" (selected-frame) ) ) (defun black () (interactive) (set-mouse-color "green") (set-cursor-color "firebrick3") (set-foreground-color "sky blue") (set-background-color "black") (set-face-background 'region "grey" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'region "black" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white" (selected-frame) ) (set-face-background 'modeline "black" (selected-frame) ) ) (defun red () (interactive) (set-mouse-color "black") (set-cursor-color "black") (set-foreground-color "red") (set-background-color "grey80") (set-face-background 'region "grey" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'region "black" (selected-frame)) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white" (selected-frame) ) (set-face-background 'modeline "black" (selected-frame) ) ) (black) (set-default-font "*-courier-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-m*") (menu-bar-mode 1) ; turn it back on (defvar color-menu (make-sparse-keymap "Colors")) (define-key global-map [menu-bar Color] (cons "Color" color-menu)) (define-key color-menu [white] '("White" . white)) (define-key color-menu [blue] '("Blue" . blue)) (define-key color-menu [green] '("Green" . green)) (define-key color-menu [black] '("Black" . black)) (define-key color-menu [red] '("Red" . red)) )) This lets me change colors to suit my mood. What can I put in the defuns to change gnus colors appropriately? (And, in a non-gnus emacs question, how can I set one of the color schemes and the font as the default for all frames, not just the first one?) Sten P.S. Sorry if there were mail bounces on the list from me today. Our mail gateway screwed up the aliases. ); -- #include /* Sten Drescher */ To get my PGP public key, send me email with your public key and Subject: PGP key exchange Key fingerprint = 90 5F 1D FD A6 7C 84 5E A9 D3 90 16 B2 44 C4 F3