Re: Emacs help; can't see to alter options!

[Jim Kalb]

>>>>> "Kalebmcc" == Kalebmcc  <kalebmcc@gmail.com> writes:

    Kalebmcc> I have poor eyesight, and so navigating Emacs is very
    Kalebmcc> difficult for me. I am very new but want to learn. I found
    Kalebmcc> that switching Vim to a dark, terminal-like colorscheme
    Kalebmcc> helped immensely.

    Kalebmcc> I stumbled through the Faces options and found a variable
    Kalebmcc> that seemed to indicate background color, but when I set
    Kalebmcc> it to dark and saved, all it did was turn the left and
    Kalebmcc> right borders dark. This is not helpful.

I'd suggest getting color-theme, http://www.nongnus.org/color-theme.
Once that's up and running it should be easy to find a combination of
colors that makes life easier for you.

jk