From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: turning colors off Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:31:03 -0800 Message-ID: <003c01c86d40$d761bb20$405a908d@us.oracle.com> References: <47B0BD39.2000501@palm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202798013 14975 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2008 06:33:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:33:33 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Rich Pixley'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 12 07:33:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JOoiG-0003pw-Sg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:33:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOohn-00019E-7b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOohV-00017S-2J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOohS-00015V-Rp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOohS-00015S-Md for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOohS-0000xC-B5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:33:02 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m1C6WxDl015042; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:32:59 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m1C4PBGR013660; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:32:58 -0700 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3570624911202797862; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:31:02 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.90.64) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:31:02 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <47B0BD39.2000501@palm.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: AchtPKyGEvgLCSmxSOWylET3geWPMwAAsJrA X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51446 Archived-At: > I'm having a lot of trouble with recent versions of emacs > which try to use color as a means of syntax highlighting. > I'm sure many people must like this, Yes, most people prefer it, not because it is pretty or cool, but because the highlighting conveys useful information. > but I find them illegible mostly due to contrast issues. > > Is there some way I can shut this off globally? Sure. Options menu > Customize Emacs > Specific Option > global-font-lock-mode. That is, turn off `global-font-lock-mode'. However, if your problem is the particular colors used, rather than the fact that color is used at all, know that you can customize those colors (individually). Colored, bold, etc. text is controlled by Emacs "faces". Put the cursor on some colored text and do `M-x customize-face'. The name of the face used for that colored text will appear as the face to customize - just hit `RET' to accept it. In the Customize buffer that opens, specify the face properties, including foreground and background colors that you want. You might need to do that for several, or even for many, faces, depending on your sensitivity and preferences, but you only need to do it once - you can save your changes in the same Customize buffer. HTH. Remember that the Emacs manual is your friend - look for "face" and "customize" in the index.