[ILUG] Emacs

[Brendan Halpin]

> I know this is not a very very important question but I would like to know
> how to change the background of my emacs.
> I use the command :
> 
> (set-background-color        "gray")
> 
> and when I launch emacs, I see the correct color during 1 or 2 sec and the
> default background comes. Does somebody can help me ?

Try something like this in your .emacs:
(setq default-frame-alist
      '((menu-bar-lines . 1) 
        (top . 105)
        (left . 265) (width . 80) (height . 40)
        (background-color . "gray")
        (modeline-foreground-color . "white")))

Look at the docs for default-frame-alist (in Emacs, put the cursor
on the variable name, and do C-h v RET) to see what's going on.
Elements in the list are optional -- i.e. you don't have to set the
X-window geometry, for instance.

Also look at initial-frame-alist if you want the first frame to be
different from the subsequent ones.

Brendan

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