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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Change syntax highlighting colors for C source files
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:50:17 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ud5nw58qe.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1125348151.43137337b53df@webmail.sas.upenn.edu> (message from Bob Johnson on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:42:31 -0400)

> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:42:31 -0400
> From: Bob Johnson <robertjo@physics.upenn.edu>
> 
> How would I change some of the syntax highlighting colors in Emacs? For example,
> the argument of a printf statement in a C source file is highlighted in bright
> pink. Since bright pink on a white background has very little contrast, I would
> like to change the highlighting to something darker. I couldn't find where these
> options were located in the Customize Emacs menu.

You want to change the font-lock-string face.  Note that this change
is a general one: it will affect _all_ strings Emacs fontifies in
_any_ language, not only in C.

  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-30  4:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-29 20:42 Change syntax highlighting colors for C source files Bob Johnson
2005-08-30  4:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.5407.1125348445.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-08-30  3:24 ` Peter Lee

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