Re: colours in client on xterm (if an X frame is open at same time)

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

>> revno: 99013
>> committer: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
>> branch nick: trunk
>> timestamp: Mon 2009-12-07 06:30:30 +0000
>> message:
>> Get the background mode from the terminal for xterm, and set
>> faces accordingly.
>> * term/xterm.el (xterm-set-background-mode): New function.
>> (terminal-init-xterm): Use it in case xterm supports background
>> color queries.  Recompute faces after getting the background
>> color.

> Thanks.

> In your case the only effect that patch should have is to move the
> call (tty-set-up-initial-frame-faces) from before

> (let ((coding-system-for-read 'binary)

> to after it.

Right, if I move the call to (tty-set-up-initial-frame-faces) back to
its old location, i.e. immediately after (xterm-register-default-colors)
then the old behaviour is restored.

> What happens in that `let' should not matter to your setup because
> your background is light, so change 99013 should be a no-op in your
> case.

But it isn't ...

> Hmmm, this is very odd...