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(Colors X): Document support for -fg, -bg, and -rv

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on TTYs.  Suggest use of list-colors-display to see what colors
are supported.  Add index entries for list-colors-display.
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Eli Zaretskii
2000-10-28 17:25:19 +00:00
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@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ the initial Emacs frame.
@item -nw
@itemx --no-windows
Don't communicate directly with X, disregarding the @env{DISPLAY}
environment variable even if it is set.
Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the
@env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This forces Emacs
to run as if the display were a character terminal.
@need 3000
@cindex batch mode
@@ -631,16 +632,21 @@ displays the entire font @samp{6x13}.
@node Colors X
@appendixsec Window Color Options
@cindex color of window (X Windows)
@cindex text colors, from command line
@findex list-colors-display
@cindex available colors
On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on
your system, look at the @file{/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt} file. If you do
not specify colors, the default for the background is white and the
default for all other colors is black. On a monochrome display, the
foreground is black, the background is white, and the border is gray if
the display supports that.
your system, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}, or press
@kbd{C-mouse-2} and select @samp{Display Colors} from the pop-up menu.
If you do not specify colors, on windowed displays the default for the
background is white and the default for all other colors is black. On a
monochrome display, the foreground is black, the background is white,
and the border is gray if the display supports that. On terminals, the
background is usually black and the foreground is white.
Here is a list of the options for specifying colors:
Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors:
@table @samp
@item -fg @var{color}
@@ -673,6 +679,9 @@ emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &
You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
@samp{-r} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}.
When Emacs display is on a character terminal, it supports the
@samp{-fg}, @code{-bg}, and @code{-rv} options.
@node Window Size X
@appendixsec Options for Window Geometry
@cindex geometry (X Windows)