Xemacs background color

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Tom Mitchell wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Ray Curtis wrote:
> > >>>>> "ms" == Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> writes:
> >
> >     ms> In earlier releases of RHL, the background color of an Xemacs window was
> >     ms> light grey.  In FC1, the window background is white.  I'd like to reset
> >     ms> that color, but I can't figure out what xemacs option or X resource to set
> >     ms> to accomplish this.  Does anyone out there know?
> >
> >     ms> Thanks.
> >
> > All these features should be able to set from the menus, under
> > Options / Edit Faces / Default
> >
> > or in .Xdefaults add:
> >
> > xemacs*Background: blue
>
> or in  ~/.emacs/custom.el
>   (custom-set-faces
>  '(default ((t (:background "grey" :size "16pt" :family "Courier"))) t))
>
> If grey/gray is not to your liking any color named in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt should be possible.
>
> There is an interface for editing this stuff as well
> look under options-->customize emacs

Thanks, Tom and Ray.  (The "customize emacs" menu item is for Emacs, not
Xemacs, BTW.)

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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