On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 10:12:25AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
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> It's a default in the most common packaging tool that saves work for
> many maintainers (they don't need to explicitly mark files under /etc as
> conffiles).
>
> To me it's quite clear that conffiles are typically in /etc (
On Mi, 29 ian 20, 08:41:41, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 08:48:56AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > It seems to me you are conflating dpkg conffiles[1] with files in /etc.
> >
> > [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-conffiles.html
>
> Yep, but this [2] /
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 08:48:56AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 28 ian 20, 09:59:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> >
> > > As that package apparently is required for the Mate desktop, it's
> > > likely that to resolve this th
On Ma, 28 ian 20, 09:59:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> > As that package apparently is required for the Mate desktop, it's
> > likely that to resolve this that you'll need to comment the lines in
> > that file as root and note that
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Curt wrote:...
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Okay, I've taken Curt's and Greg's suggestions together:
1. I had to install the dconf-editor package. I was able to use the
dconf editor to turn off the xrdb plugin. I then logged off and logged
back in. Highlighting is working.
Note: The deco
On 2020-01-28, Tom Browder wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:36 Greg Wooledge wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
>> > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs
>>
>> So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while*
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:36 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> > when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs
>
> So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while* after
> you log in, and then at some point l
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 07:26 Curt wrote:
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> Have you tried my suggestion of yesterday, a method which worked for the
> man in the thread linked at the bottom of this post? You might have to
> be root, and you must have the dconf-editor installed. Open that gui
> app, search for the
...
No,
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:11:33PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> when highlighting disappears, run "xrdb /dev/null" and restart emacs
So, wait. You're saying that it *works for a little while* after
you log in, and then at some point later, it *stops working*?
If that's actually the case, then m
On 2020-01-28, Tom Browder wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>> > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application
>> > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin.
> I tried to find that
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 05:54:46AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application
> > > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plu
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:09 wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application
> > (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin.
I tried to find that and couldn't.
I would like to be able to e
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:57:49PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application
> (if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin.
By all means, do -- and tell us whether it worked (the link
I provided was a bit discouraging: so /if/ that wo
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:54:47PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2020 27 Jan 16:12 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
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> > Gang, I've tried various combinations of:
> >
> > 1. removing/installing the /etc/xrdb/*.ad files
>
> I see that the mate-settings-daemon package has the /etc/xrdb/Emacs.ad
>
Or it may be as easy as going into the Mate Settings Daemon application
(if it has a GUI) and disabling the xrdg plugin.
- Nate
--
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possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
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* On 2020 27 Jan 16:12 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> Gang, I've tried various combinations of:
>
> 1. removing/installing the /etc/xrdb/*.ad files
I see that the mate-settings-daemon package has the /etc/xrdb/Emacs.ad
file. As that package apparently is required for the Mate desktop, it's
likely
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:39 AM wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 08:04:29PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM wrote:
...
>
> Have you had a look in /etc/X11/Xresources?
Yes, contents:
$ cat /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common
! $Id$
! load color-specific resources for cl
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 1:00 PM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2020 27 Jan 10:11 -0600, Curt wrote:
> > I missed that point, yet I'm still left to wonder whether the mate
> > settings daemon xrdb plugins referenced above (if it is indeed running
Gang, I've tried various combinations of:
1. removing
* On 2020 27 Jan 10:11 -0600, Curt wrote:
> I missed that point, yet I'm still left to wonder whether the mate
> settings daemon xrdb plugins referenced above (if it is indeed running
> on the OP's machine as part of the Mate kitchen sink) might be
> responsible for the rather copious Emacs 'xdrb -
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:11 AM Curt wrote:
> On 2020-01-27, David Wright wrote:
> > On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 14:34:14 (-), Curt wrote:
> >> On 2020-01-27, Nate Bargmann wrote:
...
A few points ref my problem:
1. I have to admit I've always been confused by the menuing inside
emacs to change
On 2020-01-27, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 14:34:14 (-), Curt wrote:
>> On 2020-01-27, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>> >
>> > At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has
>> > the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out.
>> >
>>
>> As perha
On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 14:34:14 (-), Curt wrote:
> On 2020-01-27, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> >
> > At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has
> > the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out.
> >
>
> As perhaps an unhelpful and not necessarily related d
On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 08:23:00 (-0600), Tom Browder wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:49 Nate Bargmann wrote:
> ...
>
> > At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has
> > the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out.
You showed us your Xresources, pre
On 2020-01-27, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has
> the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out.
>
As perhaps an unhelpful and not necessarily related data point, there
exists a bug report concerning Xresources and Ema
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 07:49 Nate Bargmann wrote:
...
> At this point, I think you need to find any file on your system that has
> the Emacs X resources that xrdb showed and comment them out.
...
Good suggestion, Nate.
And thanks for your and the other folks' patience.
-Tom
* On 2020 27 Jan 07:03 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> Would it help if I post my entire /etc/X11 directory and init.el on my
> github account?
At this point probably not. If there was nothing referencing Emacs in
/etc/X11/app-defaults then wherever those resources are being set must
be in your home
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 05:37 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > OP, Tom, you might try:
> >
> > grep -i "Emacs" /etc/X11/app-defaults/*
>
Would it help if I post my entire /etc/X11 directory and init.el on my
github account?
BTW, I do not use the GUI
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> OP, Tom, you might try:
>
> grep -i "Emacs" /etc/X11/app-defaults/*
Nothing on mine, either, Nate.
Thanks.
-Tom
* On 2020 27 Jan 02:40 -0600, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 08:04:29PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> > Emacs*Background:#cecece
> > Emacs*Dialog*background:#cecece
> > Emacs*Dialog*foreground:#3c3c3c
> > Emacs*Foreground:#3c3c3c
> > Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background:
* On 2020 26 Jan 20:14 -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 6:01 AM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > What do you get if there is no ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file?
>
> Still no highlighting without the xrdb incantation.
Sorry, I've never had to do anything like that, so I'm of no fur
Tom Browder writes:
> [...]
> Thanks, but I like a white os very light background.
Indeed, real hacker like light and white colors, i think.
Sincerely, StarWars fan Byung-Hee
--
^고맙습니다 _地平天成_ 감사합니다_^))//
On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 08:04:29PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 04:10:37PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
[...]
> > > $ xrdb /dev/null
> >
> > Yikes. Like hitting your TV set with a wrench ;-)
[...]
> Maybe, but I felt like I had n
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 6:01 AM Nate Bargmann wrote:
> What do you get if there is no ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file?
Still no highlighting without the xrdb incantation.
> Are you using the Emacs GTK GUI or running in a terminal?
I'm using:
emacs-gtk - GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI supp
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 5:01 AM Curt wrote:
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> I guess we'll never know why unless you show us the output of
>
> xrdb -query
Sorry, to be so late, but I just did.
-Thanks.
-Tom
On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 5:16 PM Mike Kupfer wrote:
> Curt wrote:
> I had something similar to this happen to me with Emacs 24. I ended up
> adding an override to my ~/.emacs to set the highlighting color.
>
> Tom, which Emacs package are you using? The (default) GTK-based build
> can behave diff
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:17 AM 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 t
Curt wrote:
> I heard about one fellow whose window background color was strangely
> similar to his emacs highlighting color, and this explained why his
> highlighting efforts were suboptimal and even quite close to being
> totally invisible.
I had something similar to this happen to me with Emac
What do you get if there is no ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el file?
Are you using the Emacs GTK GUI or running in a terminal?
As I like my terminal sessions to be gray text on a black (or nearly
black) background (the reason is historical from the days before
anti-aliased fonts were well supporte
On 2020-01-24, 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 windo
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
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
Lo
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