[Lvlug] Re: Emacs: Black Text on White Background, Courier 12 Pt. Font

[Randy Kramer]

On Sunday 21 August 2005 08:44 am, Hanuman wrote:
> If you dig a bit in the mailing list, I posted an .emacs file. Off hand,
> I changed it to something like:
>
> (eval `(set-face-attribute 'default nil
>
>                             :foreground "cyan"
>
>                             ,@(if (eq window-system 'x)
>                                 '(:background "black"))
>
>                             :family "etl-fixed"
>                             :height 135))

Thanks!  I read/figured out how to change the font face with the cusomize 
facility, and did it that way.  I may experiment with the above as I'd like 
to make the changes to the ~/.emacs.el file with syntax like the set command 
for the foreground and background color.  (What's in emacs.el after the 
customize seems sort of convoluted.)

> White backgrounds are like staring at a lightbulb.

That may depend on where the brightness is set.  I keep mine set at 50% or 
less.  When I go to someone else's monitor, I almost always find it at 100%.  
That hurts my eyes (and head).  I figure the lower setting of the brightness 
control is better for my eyes, my head, my radiation exposure, and the 
monitor.

Randy Kramer