Changing foreground/background colors in all frames

[Swidan, Firas]

Hi,

I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
frames. I have added

(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")

To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
if I use

C-x 5 f

To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.

Any ideas how to tackle this issue?

Many thanks and all the best,
Firas.

[Gilbert Harman]

Post by Swidan, Firas
I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
frames. I have added
(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")
To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
if I use
C-x 5 f
To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.
Any ideas how to tackle this issue?

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(foreground-color . "white"))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(background-color . "black"))


Gil

[Ehud Karni]

Post by Swidan, Firas
I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
frames. I have added
(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")
To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
if I use
C-x 5 f
To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.

The docs for these functions state clearly they change colors only for
the selected frame.

Below is a little function that changes values on all frames (current
and future ones), use it.

Ehud.


(defun set-frame-value-all (key val) ;; change frame attribute
(aput 'initial-frame-alist key val) ;; for ALL frames
(aput 'default-frame-alist key val)
(modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame) (list (cons key val))))


;; instead of (set-background-color "black") use:
(set-frame-value-all 'background-color "black")

;; instead of (set-foreground-color "black") use:
(set-frame-value-all 'foreground-color "black")


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Post by Ehud Karni
(defun set-frame-value-all (key val) ;; change frame attribute
(aput 'initial-frame-alist key val) ;; for ALL frames
(aput 'default-frame-alist key val)
(modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame) (list (cons key val))))
(set-frame-value-all 'background-color "black")
(set-frame-value-all 'foreground-color "black")

Doesn't help here:

Symbol's function definition is void: aput

Thats what I get when inserting in ~/.emacs and starting :-(

[Peter Dyballa]

Post by Swidan, Firas
To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background
settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.
Any ideas how to tackle this issue?

Give these a chance:

(setq initial-frame-alist '(
(mouse-color . "midnightblue")
(foreground-color . "grey20")
(background-color . "alice blue")
(internal-border-width . 2)
(line-spacing . 1)
(top . 20) (left . 650) (width . 91) (height . 60)))
(setq default-frame-alist '(
(border-color . "#4e3832")
(foreground-color . "grey10")
(background-color . "ghost white")
(vertical-scroll-bars . left)
(cursor-color . "purple")
(cursor-type . box)
(top . 30) (left . 150) (width . 89) (height . 56)))

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Post by Ehud Karni
(defun set-frame-value-all (key val) ;; change frame attribute
(aput 'initial-frame-alist key val) ;; for ALL frames
(aput 'default-frame-alist key val)
(modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame) (list (cons key val))))

Doesn't help here: Symbol's function definition is void: aput

See my message today replying to subject "Save the font setting" - it applies to all frame parameters, not just the font. Just get some frame to be the way you want all frames to be, then use `set-frame-alist-parameter-from-frame' or 'set-all-frame-alist-parameters-from-frame'. After that, use Customize to save the alists you updated (e.g. `default-frame-alist' and `initial-frame-alist').

If you don't want to do that, just customize those variables directly. What's good about the `set*' commands is that you need not know anything about how frame parameters are represented. See this doc: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CustomizingAndSaving#SavingFrameParameters.

[Tim X]

Post by Swidan, Firas
Hi,
I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
frames. I have added
(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")
To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
if I use
C-x 5 f
To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.
Any ideas how to tackle this issue?
Many thanks and all the best,
Firas.

Either set the values in default-frame-alist AND initial-fram-alist or
far easier, use M-x customize-face <ret> default <ret>

Tim

[Swidan, Firas]

Thanks for the help. I have tried Gil's suggestion and it seems that it did
the trick.

Firas.

Post by Gilbert Harman

Post by Swidan, Firas
I am unable to set the default foreground and background colors in all emacs
frames. I have added
(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")
To my .emacs. This changes the setting in the first emacs frame. However,
if I use
C-x 5 f
To open a new file in a new frame, the foreground/background settings in the
.emacs file do not seem to affect the look of the new frame.
Any ideas how to tackle this issue?

(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(foreground-color . "white"))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(background-color . "black"))
Gil