Configure Emacs 24.0.90 with the options shown below. Put the following
in your .emacs file:
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(defconst +dark-frame-colors+
'((background-mode . dark)
(background-color . "black")
(foreground-color . "grey80")
(cursor-color . "gainsboro"))
"Dark color scheme.")
(defconst +light-frame-colors+
'((background-mode . light)
(background-color . "#fffffe") ;; standard is "#e2e2de"
(foreground-color . "#000001")
(cursor-color . "black"))
"Light color scheme, for use with HTMLize.")
(setq default-frame-alist
`((cursor-type . bar)
(height . 25)
(width . 80)
(vertical-scroll-bars . nil)
(tool-bar-lines . nil)
,@+dark-frame-colors+))
(setq initial-frame-alist default-frame-alist)
(defun toggle-frames-color-scheme ()
"Flip the dark/light scheme for all frames.
Use the constants `+light-frame-colors+' and `+dark-frame-colors+'
to define the schemes."
(interactive)
(if (eq frame-background-mode 'dark)
(set-frame-color-scheme-light)
(set-frame-color-scheme-dark)))
(defun set-frame-color-scheme-light ()
(interactive)
(setq-default frame-background-mode 'light)
(dolist (f (frames-on-display-list))
(frame-set-background-mode f)
(modify-frame-parameters f +light-frame-colors+))
(message "Using \"light\" color scheme"))
(defun set-frame-color-scheme-dark ()
(interactive)
(setq-default frame-background-mode 'dark)
(dolist (f (frames-on-display-list))
(frame-set-background-mode f)
(modify-frame-parameters f +dark-frame-colors+))
(message "Using \"dark\" color scheme"))
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Start Emacs under X11. The initial frame will begin with a white
background. The the initial-frame-alist will cause Emacs to switch it
to a black background. However, the switch is not complete. On two
different systems (Debian unstable, RHEL 5.1) the frame is left with the
original white background in a one-pixel strip around the edges of the
frame (two pixels on the bottom). I have attached a screenshot.
You will notice that the white edging is ends near the top-left of
the frame. When Emacs redraws the frame due to X11 expose events, it
paints the correct pixels.
The .emacs file above inclues a "toggle-frames-color-scheme" function
that flips between light and dark backgrounds. This makes it easy to
reproduce the display problem, and it shows that the damage is
independent of the particular background color.
In GNU Emacs 24.0.90.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
of 2011-10-01 on priss
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11101000
configured using `configure '--with-x-toolkit=lucid' '--with-gif=no'
'--with-rsvg=no' '--enable-font-backend' '--without-gconf' '--without-dbus'
'--prefix=/home/sand/emacs24''
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: en_US.utf8
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
default enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Fundamental
Minor modes in effect:
auto-image-file-mode: t
show-paren-mode: t
icomplete-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
<help-echo> M-x r e p o r t SPC<return>
Recent messages:
Loading emacs-display-tty...done
Loaded emacs-display-tty in (0 0 4000)
Loading emacs-display-unix...done
Loaded emacs-display-unix in (0 0 8001)
Loading emacs-env-home...done
Loaded emacs-env-home in (0 0 8000)
Loading /home/sand/.elisp-local/emacs-local.el (source)...done
Loaded emacs-local in (0 0 0)
Loading .emacs...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
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