Re: How do I avoid purple-on-black and yellow-on-white?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I bumped into dark purple on black and the result could not be read
> (without highlighting the text, and even then it was not easy.)

Normally the solution (as has already been pointed out) is to explain to
Emacs that your background is dark (which is something that it sadly
can't determine on its own in this case, AFAIK).

Have you tried it?


        Stefan