RE: Emacs like jed

[Drew Adams]

> > C-h f x-defined-colors
> > or, in Emacs 22, C-h f defined-colors
>
> I tried doing C-x x-defined colors and M-x x-defined colors but none
> work.  But I do not know _how_ do I really view these colors and then
> how do I set one of the viewed colors. The above detail is
> insufficient.

Sorry, I misunderstood your request; I thought you wanted to access the list
of available colors from Emacs Lisp.

Eli already answered your question: the command is `list-colors-display'.