* auctex font colors
@ 2014-09-24 16:01 ivowel
2014-09-24 17:56 ` Dan Espen
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From: ivowel @ 2014-09-24 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
dear emacs wizards:
in auctex, I have absolutely perfect colors under linux in its gnome/X windows. the '$' sign for a new line is a nice muted gray. but if I open emacs inside a terminal window (with -nw), which I do when I ssh into my computer, the colors become a whole lot more garish and obtrusive. the '$' for a new line is now a bright red. my guess is that a terminal window pretends to be some sort of ansi (TERM=xterm,COLORTERM=gnome-terminal), which has more limited colors, so emacs picks something different from its more limited palette. correct?
how can I make my with in-terminal colors in auctex similar to my in-Xgnome colors in auctex? I could alter the colors that the terminal itself is displaying. this is probably not a good idea. the worst aspect is the bright red on the $-newline, which I would love to switch to a muted gray. is there an easy way just to change at least this one item (permanently) in a terminal window only?
regards,
/iaw
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* Re: auctex font colors
2014-09-24 16:01 auctex font colors ivowel
@ 2014-09-24 17:56 ` Dan Espen
2014-09-26 4:59 ` ivowel
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dan Espen @ 2014-09-24 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
ivowel@gmail.com writes:
> dear emacs wizards:
>
> in auctex, I have absolutely perfect colors under linux in its gnome/X
> windows. the '$' sign for a new line is a nice muted gray. but if I
> open emacs inside a terminal window (with -nw), which I do when I ssh
> into my computer, the colors become a whole lot more garish and
> obtrusive. the '$' for a new line is now a bright red. my guess is
> that a terminal window pretends to be some sort of ansi
> (TERM=xterm,COLORTERM=gnome-terminal), which has more limited colors,
> so emacs picks something different from its more limited palette.
> correct?
>
> how can I make my with in-terminal colors in auctex similar to my
> in-Xgnome colors in auctex? I could alter the colors that the
> terminal itself is displaying. this is probably not a good idea. the
> worst aspect is the bright red on the $-newline, which I would love to
> switch to a muted gray. is there an easy way just to change at least
> this one item (permanently) in a terminal window only?
Most terminal programs now support 256 colors, try changing $TERM
to xterm-256color.
--
Dan Espen
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* Re: auctex font colors
2014-09-24 17:56 ` Dan Espen
@ 2014-09-26 4:59 ` ivowel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: ivowel @ 2014-09-26 4:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
thank you, dan. the terminal did support it, but I also had to set it in my bash
export TERM=xterm-256color
now it's great.
/iaw
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