Re: Emacs and loss of highlighting: problem semi-solved (Buster MATE)
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:11 AM Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2020-01-27, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 14:34:14 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> >> On 2020-01-27, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
...
A few points ref my problem:
1. I have to admit I've always been confused by the menuing inside
emacs to change things, so that would be a last resort. I prefer to
put stull in my init.el.
2. I have also been very confused over the multitude of configuration
files affecting the graphical displays.
3. Looking in detail at the results of my "xrdb -query" incantation I
only see three colors and they affect the following attributes:
a. color: f8f8f8 affects:
================
*Button.activeBackground: #f8f8f8
*Checkbutton.activeBackground: #f8f8f8
*Radiobutton.activeBackground: #f8f8f8
*Scrollbar.activeBackground: #f8f8f8
b. color: cecece affects:
=================
*Box.background: #cecece
*Button.background: #cecece
*Button.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Canvas.activeBackground: #cecece
*Canvas.background: #cecece
*Canvas.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Canvas.selectbackground: #cecece
*Checkbutton.background: #cecece
*Checkbutton.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Command.background: #cecece
*Dialog.background: #cecece
*Entry.activeBackground: #cecece
*Entry.background: #cecece
*Entry.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Entry.selectBackground: #cecece
*Form.background: #cecece
*Frame.background: #cecece
*Label.background: #cecece
*Label.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Labelframe.background: #cecece
*List.background: #cecece
*Listbox.activeBackground: #cecece
*Listbox.background: #cecece
*Listbox.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Listbox.selectBackground: #cecece
*Menu.activeBackground: #cecece
*Menu.background: #cecece
*MenuButton.background: #cecece
*Menubutton.activeBackground: #cecece
*Menubutton.background: #cecece
*Menubutton.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Radiobutton.background: #cecece
*Radiobutton.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Scale.activeBackground: #cecece
*Scale.background: #cecece
*Scale.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Scrollbar*background: #cecece
*Scrollbar.background: #cecece
*Scrollbar.highlightBackground: #cecece
*ScrollbarBackground: #cecece
*SimpleMenu*background: #cecece
*Text.activeBackground: #cecece
*Text.background: #cecece
*Text.highlightBackground: #cecece
*Text.selectBackground: #cecece
*Toggle.background: #cecece
*Toplevel.activeBackground: #cecece
*Toplevel.background: #cecece
*Toplevel.highlightBackground: #cecece
*XmCascadeButton.background: #cecece
*XmCascadeButtonGadget.background: #cecece
*XmDialogShell.background: #cecece
*XmFileSelectionBox.background: #cecece
*XmForm.background: #cecece
*XmFrame.background: #cecece
*XmLabel.background: #cecece
*XmLabelGadget.background: #cecece
*XmList.background: #cecece
*XmMenuShell.background: #cecece
*XmMessageBox.background: #cecece
*XmPanedWindow.background: #cecece
*XmPushButton.background: #cecece
*XmPushButtonGadget.background: #cecece
*XmRowColumn.background: #cecece
*XmSash.background: #cecece
*XmScrollBar.background: #cecece
*XmScrolledWindow.background: #cecece
*XmSelectionBox.background: #cecece
*XmSeparator.background: #cecece
*XmSeparatorGadget.background: #cecece
*XmTearOffButton.background: #cecece
*XmTearOffButtonGadget.background: #cecece
*XmText.background: #cecece
*XmTextField.background: #cecece
*XmToggleButton.background: #cecece
*XmToggleButtonGadget.background: #cecece
*background: #cecece
Editres*Panner.Background: #cecece
Editres*Tree.Background: #cecece
Editres*Tree.Toggle.Background: #cecece
Emacs*Background: #cecece
Emacs*Dialog*background: #cecece
Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background: #cecece
Emacs*backgroundToolBarColor: #cecece
Emacs*bottomToolBarShadowColor: #cecece
Emacs*menubar*background: #cecece
Emacs*popup*Background: #cecece
Emacs*topToolBarShadowColor: #cecece
Emacs.default.attributeBackground: #cecece
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeBackground: #cecece
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeBackground: #cecece
c. color: 3c3c3c affects:
==================
*Box.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Button.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Button.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Button.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Canvas.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Canvas.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Canvas.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Canvas.selectforeground: #3c3c3c
*Checkbutton.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Checkbutton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Checkbutton.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Command.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Dialog.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Entry.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Entry.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Entry.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Entry.selectForeground: #3c3c3c
*Form.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Frame.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Label.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Label.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Labelframe.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Labelframe.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*List.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Listbox.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Listbox.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Listbox.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Listbox.selectForeground: #3c3c3c
*Menu.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Menu.foreground: #3c3c3c
*MenuButton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Menubutton.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Radiobutton.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Radiobutton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Radiobutton.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Scale.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Scale.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Scale.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Scrollbar.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Scrollbar.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*SimpleMenu*foreground: #3c3c3c
*Text.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Text.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Text.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*Text.selectForeground: #3c3c3c
*Toggle.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Toplevel.activeForeground: #3c3c3c
*Toplevel.foreground: #3c3c3c
*Toplevel.highlightColor: #3c3c3c
*XmCascadeButton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmCascadeButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmDialogShell.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmFileSelectionBox.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmForm.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmFrame.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmLabel.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmLabelGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmList.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmMenuShell.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmMessageBox.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmPanedWindow.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmPushButton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmPushButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmRowColumn.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmSash.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmScrollBar.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmScrolledWindow.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmSelectionBox.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmSeparator.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmSeparatorGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmTearOffButton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmTearOffButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmText.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmTextField.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmToggleButton.foreground: #3c3c3c
*XmToggleButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c
*foreground: #3c3c3c
Editres*Tree.Foreground: #3c3c3c
Editres*Tree.Toggle.Foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs*Dialog*foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs*Foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs*menubar*foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs*popup*Foreground: #3c3c3c
Emacs.default.attributeForeground: #3c3c3c
Emacs.mode-line.attributeForeground: #3c3c3c
Emacs.scroll-bar.attributeForeground: #3c3c3c
Emacs.tool-bar.attributeForeground: #3c3c3c
With the exception of some buttons and a scroll bar, all the
"highlight" and "foreground" attributes seem to have the same colors,
while all the "background" attributes seem the have the same color.
Maybe I should manually change all the "highlight" entries to some
other color. But if that should work, in which file should the changes
be made? It seems like the "xrdb -query" gets its data from multiple,
but unnamed, files or running services.
4. I forgot to mention in my original email that I do get a boat load
of xsession errors (file ~/.xsession-errors) which I've gotten used to
over the years after getting no help from the sources I tried. And
they didn't seem to be all that detrimental to my normal usage.
I've posted those in a github gist here:
https://gist.github.com/tbrowder/1e29c8541227588c08c7764be7b859d4
Thanks.
-Tom
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