From: Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: auctex font colors
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:56:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lvv0kq$ec2$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5624b517-5765-4ce4-b7f3-b14ab5cfca16@googlegroups.com
ivowel@gmail.com writes:
> dear emacs wizards:
>
> in auctex, I have absolutely perfect colors under linux in its gnome/X
> windows. the '$' 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-24 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-24 16:01 auctex font colors ivowel
2014-09-24 17:56 ` Dan Espen [this message]
2014-09-26 4:59 ` ivowel
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