Question

Is there a way to run certain commands (from init.el) only when I am in GUI mode and not in terminal mode. I want to set a certain color scheme when I run the GUI version, but that scheme screws up the terminal window’s colors pretty badly. I’m looking for some variable/function which would look something like this:

(if gui-mode (color-scheme-blah))

or:

(unless terminal-mode (color-scheme-blah))

Answer 1

You want something like

(if window-system (color-scheme-blah))

window-system can be 'x or 'mswindows or possibly even other values, but it’s always nil when you are on a terminal.