GNU bug report logs - #7943
23.1; white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com>
Cc: 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#7943: white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:27:35 +0200

> From: Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:42:04 -0700
> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I believe I've figured out what was going on. It had nothing to do with the
> white setting to #e5e5e5, but the fact that somehow in my .emacs file the
> custom-set-faces contained the line:
> 
>  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground
> "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil
> :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 115 :width normal
> :foundry "unknown" :family "DejaVu Sans Mono"))))
> 
> I'm not sure how this got there, but removing the :background "white" from
> it changes the window's background from dark grey to bright white again.
> Text is now readable.

Great!  So can we close this bug now?

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