(set-background-color, set-foreground-color): Call

face-set-after-frame-default, to propagate the new colors to the
frame's parameters alist.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b8f44cf28bd..117b4fe4332 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-11-03  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
+        * frame.el (set-background-color, set-foreground-color): Call
+        face-set-after-frame-default, to propagate the new colors to the
+        frame's parameters alist.
+
         * calendar/timeclock.el (timeclock-out): Signal an error if
         timeclock-last-event is nil.
 
diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 983233414d7..6c42a4981de 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -810,7 +810,9 @@ When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use.
 To get the frame's current background color, use `frame-parameters'."
   (interactive (list (facemenu-read-color)))
   (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
-                           (list (cons 'background-color color-name))))
+                           (list (cons 'background-color color-name)))
+  (or window-system
+      (face-set-after-frame-default (selected-frame))))
 
 (defun set-foreground-color (color-name)
   "Set the foreground color of the selected frame to COLOR-NAME.
@@ -818,7 +820,9 @@ When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use.
 To get the frame's current foreground color, use `frame-parameters'."
   (interactive (list (facemenu-read-color)))
   (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
-                           (list (cons 'foreground-color color-name))))
+                           (list (cons 'foreground-color color-name)))
+  (or window-system
+      (face-set-after-frame-default (selected-frame))))
 
 (defun set-cursor-color (color-name)
   "Set the text cursor color of the selected frame to COLOR-NAME.