GNU bug report logs - #29473
25.3; 'background-mode is 'light on console with black background

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:54:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 25.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: semente <semente <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 29716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29716: 25.1; Wrong brackground-mode on gnome-terminal
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:13:45 -0500

severity 29716 minor
severity 29473 minor
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semente <semente <at> riseup.net> writes:

> On gnome-terminal 3.22.2 (Debian Stretch), for some reason, Emacs is
> setting the background-mode to light when I'm running a dark
> background. On xterm or ttys it works fine.
>
> The only way I found to fix this is by forcing a dark mode, as for
> example:
>
>  (setq frame-background-mode 'dark)
>  (set-background-color "black")
>  (set-foreground-color "white")

What do you get from running

    printf '\e[>0c'

and

    printf '\e]11;?\e\'

in the shell from gnome-terminal?

See also https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?users=emacs;bug=29473#11
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