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Date:      Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:59:53 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: How to I turn off the colors in emacs?
Message-ID:  <87myod6v12.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <200804012104.VAA29324@sopwith.solgatos.com> (Dieter's message of "Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:29 %2B0100")
References:  <200804012104.VAA29324@sopwith.solgatos.com>

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On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:29 +0100, Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> wrote:
> FreeBSD 7.0 with package emacs-22.1_2
>
> Attempt to edit a C file and emacs goes into some colorized mode.
> Of course it chooses colors that are unreadable.
> How do I turn OFF the colors and get simple black and white?
> (ASCII mode, not X11)

The default global-font-lock value has changed in Emacs 22.X, and it is
now turned *on*.  So if you want to turn font-lock off, you will have to
turn it off.  This should be as easy as adding the following to your
~/.emacs startup file:

        (global-font-lock -1)

But this doesn't start Emacs in `no colors should be used at all' mode.
If you want to do that, you can fire up Emacs with:

        emacs --color=no

Then Emacs will only use the usual `bold', `underline' and `reverse
video' attributes for displayed characters.

HTH,
Giorgos




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