From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Jackson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs 21.1 color highligh Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:25:34 +0000 Message-ID: <878xfkpupt.fsf@main.mainworld> References: <1170159601.079090.112030@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170160868 26609 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2007 12:41:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:41:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 30 13:41:01 2007 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 1HBsIG-0001SJ-OF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:41:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HBsIF-0002K1-EW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:40:59 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newspeer1.de.telia.net!newspeer4.de.telia.net!de.telia.net!peer3.news.newnet.co.uk!text1.news.newnet.co.uk!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:m0Bgv/ihFyEft6HjW/hTaWL9gPs= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.187.28.241 Original-X-Trace: 1170159924 news.aaisp.net.uk 757 81.187.28.241:58671 Original-X-Complaints-To: aaispnews-abuse@gradwell.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145149 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:40755 Archived-At: "Ask" writes: > I am using Emacs 21.1 using ssh client (windows machine) on a Unix/ > Linux server. Emacs opens the file in console itself which I am fine > with. X-type of environment my ssh client is incapable of providing. > Even though it is emacs *21.1*, it doesn't show the color higlighting. > I did execute Alt-X font-lock-mode. All it did, instead of showing > colors, made language constructs for exampke keywords, comments etc > bolder. My console still looked Black & White. I noticed I was using > bash shell and TERM was set to vt100. > > What am I missing to get the colors seen ? I don't know which OS you are on but try setting your TERM to one of: xterm xterm-color xterm-256color dtterm Then re-run Emacs. Cheers, Phil -- "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer." - David Acfield