On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM <to...@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 *Button.foreground: #3c3c3c *Button.highlightBackground: #cecece *Button.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Canvas.activeBackground: #cecece *Canvas.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Canvas.background: #cecece *Canvas.foreground: #3c3c3c *Canvas.highlightBackground: #cecece *Canvas.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Canvas.selectbackground: #cecece *Canvas.selectforeground: #3c3c3c *Checkbutton.activeBackground: #f8f8f8 *Checkbutton.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Checkbutton.background: #cecece *Checkbutton.foreground: #3c3c3c *Checkbutton.highlightBackground: #cecece *Checkbutton.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Command.background: #cecece *Command.foreground: #3c3c3c *Dialog.background: #cecece *Dialog.foreground: #3c3c3c *Entry.activeBackground: #cecece *Entry.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Entry.background: #cecece *Entry.foreground: #3c3c3c *Entry.highlightBackground: #cecece *Entry.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Entry.selectBackground: #cecece *Entry.selectForeground: #3c3c3c *Form.background: #cecece *Form.foreground: #3c3c3c *Frame.background: #cecece *Frame.foreground: #3c3c3c *Label.background: #cecece *Label.foreground: #3c3c3c *Label.highlightBackground: #cecece *Label.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Labelframe.background: #cecece *Labelframe.foreground: #3c3c3c *Labelframe.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *List.background: #cecece *List.foreground: #3c3c3c *Listbox.activeBackground: #cecece *Listbox.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Listbox.background: #cecece *Listbox.foreground: #3c3c3c *Listbox.highlightBackground: #cecece *Listbox.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Listbox.selectBackground: #cecece *Listbox.selectForeground: #3c3c3c *Menu.activeBackground: #cecece *Menu.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Menu.background: #cecece *Menu.foreground: #3c3c3c *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 *Radiobutton.highlightBackground: #cecece *Radiobutton.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Scale.activeBackground: #cecece *Scale.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Scale.background: #cecece *Scale.foreground: #3c3c3c *Scale.highlightBackground: #cecece *Scale.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *Scrollbar*background: #cecece *Scrollbar.activeBackground: #f8f8f8 *Scrollbar.background: #cecece *Scrollbar.foreground: #3c3c3c *Scrollbar.highlightBackground: #cecece *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 *Toplevel.activeBackground: #cecece *Toplevel.activeForeground: #3c3c3c *Toplevel.background: #cecece *Toplevel.foreground: #3c3c3c *Toplevel.highlightBackground: #cecece *Toplevel.highlightColor: #3c3c3c *XmCascadeButton.background: #cecece *XmCascadeButton.foreground: #3c3c3c *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 *XmMenuShell.background: #cecece *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 *XmSash.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmScrollBar.background: #cecece *XmScrollBar.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmScrolledWindow.background: #cecece *XmScrolledWindow.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmSelectionBox.background: #cecece *XmSelectionBox.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmSeparator.background: #cecece *XmSeparator.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmSeparatorGadget.background: #cecece *XmSeparatorGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmTearOffButton.background: #cecece *XmTearOffButton.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmTearOffButtonGadget.background: #cecece *XmTearOffButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmText.background: #cecece *XmText.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmTextField.background: #cecece *XmTextField.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmToggleButton.background: #cecece *XmToggleButton.foreground: #3c3c3c *XmToggleButtonGadget.background: #cecece *XmToggleButtonGadget.foreground: #3c3c3c *background: #cecece *customization: -color *foreground: #3c3c3c Editres*Panner.Background: #cecece Editres*Tree.Background: #cecece Editres*Tree.Foreground: #3c3c3c Editres*Tree.Toggle.Background: #cecece Editres*Tree.Toggle.Foreground: #3c3c3c Emacs*Background: #cecece Emacs*Dialog*background: #cecece Emacs*Dialog*foreground: #3c3c3c Emacs*Foreground: #3c3c3c Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background: #cecece Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Foreground: #3c3c3c Emacs*backgroundToolBarColor: #cecece Emacs*bottomToolBarShadowColor: #cecece Emacs*menubar*background: #cecece Emacs*menubar*foreground: #3c3c3c 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