Re: Changing the Background and foreground colors in Emacs

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Don Kauffman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been very frustrated trying to locate information on changing the
> background color in Emacs. Currently it is set to White text on a Black
> background. I'd much prefer the reverse -- Black text on white
> background. I've looked through the manuals and there doesn't seem to be
> anything listed about changing that. I've studied the settings and there
> doesn't seem to be anything obvious there either.  
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) although this happened with 5.10
> (Breezy). I was not able to get this resolved there either.  
>
> Thanks In Advance!!
>
> Don K. 

It's not obvious, but it's there. Emacs uses the term "faces" for 
fonts, font colors and such.

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