Subject: Re: bug#7373: `set-cursor-color’ doesn’t work on Emacs init files

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:34:48 -0500

Li Zhai <[email-masked]> writes:

> "What is the value of “red”?" I don't understand.
>
> Here is the specific description:
>
> 1. Empty the .emacs file.
> 2. Add the following codes to the .emacs
>
> (setq initial-frame-alist
>       '((foreground-color . "grey80")
>         (background-color . "black")
>         (background-mode . dark)
> 	(cursor-color     . "red")))
> (setq default-frame-alist
>       '((foreground-color . "grey80")
>         (background-color . "black")
>         (background-mode  . 'dark)
>         (cursor-color     . "red")))
>
> (set-cursor-color "red")

Thanks.  I've checked in a fix.

By the way, that last set-cursor-color call should be unnecessary.