Jan> Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Jan> This is "intentional". Using custom (and thus the font-menu) overrides Jan> all runtime changes. I agree it is unexpected. At least you get gray Jan> instead of white. We should discuss in Tsukuba whether custom should Jan> really work that way, but currently this is the way it does. Actually it annoyingly flashes gray for a second, and then switches back to black, which is my non-shell-buffer default background. A user has the right to expect that using the font menu will change fonts, not colors. We have to find a way to fix the current behavior. Jan> No bugs. just funny effect of the way custom works. I am pretty sure Jan> this works the same on FSF Emacs. So basically I'm in the situation where I've learned to not use custom because things work better without it. Oh, and better not to use the menubar, because it might invoke custom without asking me? I realize that dealing correctly with these issues is very hard. Have other applications done it better? Martin