Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)

To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: Debian Users ML <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)
From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 20:04:29 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] CAFMGiz-etb8XFknvEiiYTYNB3LaDAvLimSdg8tuqe3AZ0ZNGWQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20200125081734.GB8508@tuxteam.de>
References: <[🔎] CAFMGiz_NRYvyGKuXBUsEN86Pba-=ooM=iSYrRfD8H6KYe1mxAA@mail.gmail.com> <[🔎] 20200125081734.GB8508@tuxteam.de>

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 04:10:37PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> > I have a new laptop running Buster (with the MATE desktop) and noticed my
> > Emacs highlighted text was not showing any differently than non-highlighted
> > text. After some conversation on the #emacs IRC channel, it was suggested I
> > run this in a terminal window and restart Emacs:
> >
> >   $ xrdb /dev/null
>
> Yikes. Like hitting your TV set with a wrench ;-)

Maybe, but I felt like I had nothing to lose.

> You can have a look into the content of your X resource database with
>   xrdb -query

Result:

*Box.background:    #cecece
*Box.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*Button.activeBackground:    #f8f8f8
*Button.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Button.background:    #cecece
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*Button.highlightBackground:    #cecece
*Button.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*Canvas.activeBackground:    #cecece
*Canvas.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Canvas.background:    #cecece
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*Canvas.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*Canvas.selectbackground:    #cecece
*Canvas.selectforeground:    #3c3c3c
*Checkbutton.activeBackground:    #f8f8f8
*Checkbutton.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
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*Checkbutton.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
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*Entry.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
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*Frame.background:    #cecece
*Frame.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*Listbox.background:    #cecece
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*Listbox.selectBackground:    #cecece
*Listbox.selectForeground:    #3c3c3c
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*MenuButton.background:    #cecece
*MenuButton.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.activeBackground:    #cecece
*Menubutton.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.background:    #cecece
*Menubutton.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.highlightBackground:    #cecece
*Menubutton.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*Radiobutton.activeBackground:    #f8f8f8
*Radiobutton.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Radiobutton.background:    #cecece
*Radiobutton.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*Scale.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Scale.background:    #cecece
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*Scale.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*Scrollbar*background:    #cecece
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*Scrollbar.background:    #cecece
*Scrollbar.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*Scrollbar.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*ScrollbarBackground:    #cecece
*SimpleMenu*background:    #cecece
*SimpleMenu*foreground:    #3c3c3c
*Text.activeBackground:    #cecece
*Text.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Text.background:    #cecece
*Text.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*Text.highlightBackground:    #cecece
*Text.highlightColor:    #3c3c3c
*Text.selectBackground:    #cecece
*Text.selectForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Toggle.background:    #cecece
*Toggle.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*Toplevel.activeForeground:    #3c3c3c
*Toplevel.background:    #cecece
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*XmCascadeButtonGadget.background:    #cecece
*XmCascadeButtonGadget.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmDialogShell.background:    #cecece
*XmDialogShell.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmFileSelectionBox.background:    #cecece
*XmFileSelectionBox.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmForm.background:    #cecece
*XmForm.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmFrame.background:    #cecece
*XmFrame.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmLabel.background:    #cecece
*XmLabel.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmLabelGadget.background:    #cecece
*XmLabelGadget.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmList.background:    #cecece
*XmList.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*XmMenuShell.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmMessageBox.background:    #cecece
*XmMessageBox.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmPanedWindow.background:    #cecece
*XmPanedWindow.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmPushButton.background:    #cecece
*XmPushButton.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmPushButtonGadget.background:    #cecece
*XmPushButtonGadget.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmRowColumn.background:    #cecece
*XmRowColumn.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmSash.background:    #cecece
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*XmScrollBar.background:    #cecece
*XmScrollBar.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*XmScrolledWindow.foreground:    #3c3c3c
*XmSelectionBox.background:    #cecece
*XmSelectionBox.foreground:    #3c3c3c
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*XmSeparatorGadget.background:    #cecece
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*background:    #cecece
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*foreground:    #3c3c3c
Editres*Panner.Background:    #cecece
Editres*Tree.Background:    #cecece
Editres*Tree.Foreground:    #3c3c3c
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Editres*Tree.Toggle.Foreground:    #3c3c3c
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Emacs*Foreground:    #3c3c3c
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Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Foreground:    #3c3c3c
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Emacs*popup*Background:    #cecece
Emacs*popup*Foreground:    #3c3c3c
Emacs*topToolBarShadowColor:    #cecece
Emacs.default.attributeBackground:    #cecece
Emacs.default.attributeForeground:    #3c3c3c
Emacs.mode-line.attributeForeground:    #3c3c3c
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeBackground:    #cecece
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeForeground:    #3c3c3c
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeBackground:    #cecece
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeForeground:    #3c3c3c
Xcursor.size:    24
Xcursor.theme:    DMZ-White
Xft.antialias:    1
Xft.dpi:    96.1259765625
Xft.hinting:    1
Xft.hintstyle:    hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter:    lcddefault
Xft.rgba:    rgb

Thanks.

-Tom

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