Robert> I've been playing with starting an xemacs on a tty and Robert> then using make-frame-on-display to create an X11 one, but Robert> have been running into some fun coloration issues. Robert> If I explicitly specify colors as attached to frame-types, Robert> things work well: Robert, please use Help->Send Bug Report... or M-x report-emacs-bug as suggested in http://www.xemacs.org/Debug/index.html This will tell us enough about your XEmacs installation so that we should be able to help you. If XEmacs does not build or start up, please send any version and configuration information you have to xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org with any mailer as plain text (MIME attachments are OK, please don't send HTML mail). On linux type ulimit -c unlimited in the shell before starting XEmacs from it, else you might not get a core file. Best regards, Adrian Robert> '(modeline ((((type x)) (:background "lightblue" :foreground "black")) Robert> (((type tty)) (:background "brightblue" :foreground "white"))) t) Robert> If I rely upon frame-background-type, the right thing does not Robert> happen. The colors are those of the original mode. (i.e. if the Robert> first frame is 'tty-frame (and I generally use a black background in a Robert> terminal) the background-type is dark.. My 'x-frames are light Robert> colored, and have a light background type. Robert> (get-frame-background-mode (get-frame-for-buffer (current-buffer))) Robert> returns appropriately on each evaluation even if the same buffer is Robert> displayed in two frames. Robert> A simple example of a mode that relys on light/dark is hyper-appros. Robert> '((((class color) (background light)) Robert> (:foreground "darkred")) Robert> (((class color) (background dark)) Robert> (:foreground "gray90"))) Robert> But sadly, it doesn't render the colors properly. Robert> (I'm happy to poke at this more, if someone can suggest where to poke.) Robert> Thanks! Robert> -R -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/