[OS X Emacs] Reverse Video doesn't work?

[David Reitter]

On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Yan Li wrote:

> I'm a new Mac OS X user and am trying to setup Aquamacs. It's pretty
> good but since my eye's not very good I always use reverse video to
> lower the total screen brightness. I tried many ways but can't figure
> out how to do that with Aquamacs.
> 
> For example, this command has no effect:
> /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs -rv

This ought to be taken out of the documentation of the arguments.

To enable reverse video, go to System Preferences, Universal Access.  Select the leftmost tab at the top, "Seeing".  In the third box from the top, you'll find "White on Black".  Click on that and you'll get what you're looking for.  These instructions are for OS X 10.7 "Lion", but the mode has existed for a while.  There's a key combination as well.
Needless to say, you'll find a number of options that let you accommodate individual differences in eye-sight or fine motor control.

Also, note Aquamacs Command-+ and Command- - commands, which let you enlarge a buffer's font temporarily.


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