>>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Aaron> When I start emacs, using my trusty old .emacs file I've Aaron> been keeping and maintaining for years, The colors I've Aaron> selected aren't quite working right. Basically, I set the Aaron> background color to black, and that works, except or where Aaron> there's text. Each character taken up by something other Aaron> than whitespace has a white background. I've determined Aaron> it's something to do with X, as the same .emacs file works Aaron> beautifully when I export the display to my Solaris box. G'day Aaron, Are you using (set-face-... 'default ...) to set the colours? I had the same problem with Emacs and fixed it by using (set-(back|fore)ground-color) to my .emacs -- Joel