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On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on
your system, look at the `/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt' file. If you do
not specify colors, the default for the background is white and the
default for all other colors is black. On a monochrome display, the
foreground is black, the background is white, and the border is gray if
the display supports that.
Here is a list of the options for specifying colors:
`-fg color '
` --foreground-color=color '
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Specify the foreground color. |
`-bg color '
` --background-color=color '
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Specify the background color. |
`-bd color '
` --border-color=color '
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Specify the color of the border of the X window. |
`-cr color '
` --cursor-color=color '
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Specify the color of the Emacs cursor which indicates where point is. |
`-ms color '
` --mouse-color=color '
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Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the Emacs window. |
`-r'
` --reverse-video'
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Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors. |
For example, to use a coral mouse cursor and a slate blue text cursor, enter:
emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &
You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
`-r' option or with the X resource `reverseVideo'.
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