From 54e33bb37f2d4415e1ae1a06b2559654e33cd298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:25:19 +0000 Subject: (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. --- man/cmdargs.texi | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/cmdargs.texi') diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi index 4409439298..dbc60e1d86 100644 --- a/man/cmdargs.texi +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi @@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ the initial Emacs frame. @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 @@ displays the entire font @samp{6x13}. @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 @@ emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' & 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) -- cgit v1.2.3