Re: Help with frame colors in Emacs

[Patrick Mahan]

On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 11:40 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Patrick Mahan <plmahan@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 11:18:49 -0800
> >
> > I launch using the following method:
> >
> > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -bg black -fg
> > mediumspringgreen -cr yellow -ms blue
> >
> > This is also how I launch on my linux box (Ubuntu 18.04) minus the macOS
> > file path.  On linux I am running emacs 25.2.2 and when I launch a new
> > frame, it inherits the background/foreground, etc.  But this is not
> > happening on macOS.  I am wondering if it is because I am not using X
> > windows on the macOS?
> >
> > In any case, is there a config method I can use so that all my frames
> > inherit the same background, foreground, etc short of setting the
> "default"
> > face?
>
> I don't know why it doesn't work for you on macOS (sounds like a bug
> specific to that platform, or maybe also to the specific Emacs version
> you are using, which is quite old), but the recommended way of
> customizing the colors is via default-frame-parameters, which you can
> set in your init file.  There are examples of that in the Emacs user
> manual, and all of the colors you want to change have corresponding
> frame parameters.
>
>
I have not upgraded to Emacs 28 yet on macOS because I was running 25.2.2
on Ubuntu and wanted to keep the emacs init file shareable between the two
(minus the architecture issues).

Of course, it could be that the same bug which prevents the
> command-line arguments from working will also defeat the
> default-frame-parameters customization...
>
>
Yes, I saw those commands.  I looked at my emacs init file and on both I
have the following lines -
(set-backgorund-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "mediumspringgreen")
(set-cursor-color "yellow")
(set-mouse-color "blue")

Which I see only affect the first frame.  So I will try setting the default
frame parameters.

Thanks,

Patrick