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changeset 33012:df207c5f631f
(Colors X): Document support for -fg, -bg, and -rv
on TTYs. Suggest use of list-colors-display to see what colors
are supported. Add index entries for list-colors-display.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:25:19 +0000 |
| parents | b7b3acac61b8 |
| children | b81a0bbc5682 |
| files | man/cmdargs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/cmdargs.texi Sat Oct 28 17:19:36 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi Sat Oct 28 17:25:19 2000 +0000 @@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ @item -nw @itemx --no-windows -Don't communicate directly with X, disregarding the @env{DISPLAY} -environment variable even if it is set. +Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the +@env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This forces Emacs +to run as if the display were a character terminal. @need 3000 @cindex batch mode @@ -631,16 +632,21 @@ @node Colors X @appendixsec Window Color Options @cindex color of window (X Windows) +@cindex text colors, from command line +@findex list-colors-display +@cindex available colors On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on -your system, look at the @file{/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt} file. If you do -not specify colors, the default for the background is white and the -default for all other colors is black. On a monochrome display, the -foreground is black, the background is white, and the border is gray if -the display supports that. +your system, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}, or press +@kbd{C-mouse-2} and select @samp{Display Colors} from the pop-up menu. +If you do not specify colors, on windowed displays the default for the +background is white and the default for all other colors is black. On a +monochrome display, the foreground is black, the background is white, +and the border is gray if the display supports that. On terminals, the +background is usually black and the foreground is white. - Here is a list of the options for specifying colors: + Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors: @table @samp @item -fg @var{color} @@ -673,6 +679,9 @@ You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the @samp{-r} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}. + When Emacs display is on a character terminal, it supports the +@samp{-fg}, @code{-bg}, and @code{-rv} options. + @node Window Size X @appendixsec Options for Window Geometry @cindex geometry (X Windows)