From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs -nw niggles Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:14:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1eee8652-c5e5-6b4a-b0a8-197ac24dfee7@yandex.com> <20170829130409.D1106301033@cspc120.cs.man.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504012575 30571 195.159.176.226 (29 Aug 2017 13:16:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: marioxcc.MT@yandex.com, emacs To: Richard Banach Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 29 15:16:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dmgMv-0006nW-W0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:15:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44894 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmgN2-0008HH-MJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55020) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmgMO-0008Ew-R0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:15:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmgMN-0001j9-E3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:15:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ua0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::232]:33668) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmgMN-0001ia-8V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:15:15 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ua0-x232.google.com with SMTP id 37so10106556ual.0 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:15:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=DoHEpbuNUCAYBd6jT/D7c+sBX8ubg40q5usa08t0IGk=; b=XKF9vwak/SlhBOAhXC1qlmSDkcOh4MiZY17RChUn1nMRZk3cH4rJ99748TLOKvaWgU qccRvXCIWdHs4WdE/sJrI/SUbRXnwikV5h3xhxyucMQgcjGyVvx1e6XHKA/cZcDYq8+m lfcFcZlAE13qbbFSLxBCNp1ZFI2Dgpr2AuYOoEr35wSq1QLMX9ro1cnWVIrbnyE5/Uon pxw6tO63S7MOJBhjMxDcPpauXm65E1l6YHqnCUBfqKN/L0ORY33HWr5oH1m/J1+6QHN9 VdsE5T1auL6hTc0nifP0VO4YvwK1t2SBRvIxlckM4/acWoGzut09farLJSK/P8LdcbDg rxRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=DoHEpbuNUCAYBd6jT/D7c+sBX8ubg40q5usa08t0IGk=; b=pTg7+N8n8+mkKICX9SCnEtPwbt2R4PZdggftkTUP3gYDns754qbrfKZnQbZLWTxS8i s+gT9Fagrh/wDvSWx+C3OSYjIZFqNZ0F4pXpRUYceFtize4myXKyyxzsuq5VCaUumVtj DE7HB0vIMqrkOiqbeHyCFzEM5Qb6OVRn/5xoYuunHZXWsG3uyD/btHRWS3PMhJzxlFaQ W7lmWUtQEhRgkvTbGOsDirxsca6OUCrb0SihZ/OxsxGsU3ZZ9Xo0ei+A/Z521ltgiVGy fF4DZjXDOfoYxgjRzWj6BEF0CDTxWi2FMVBe085Hj3lpD5MyeVZI/HSK1gYDb7IBkNdS zUKQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5jCJTCe+YRgySQ9lbXa5KvkjQqRokF1dFeR5mjSrMgQZ5KFrQux G+pAAcsW6a2wBTz57ceyDHDntzoFwQ== X-Received: by 10.159.56.106 with SMTP id q39mr141919uad.175.1504012513290; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:15:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.176.3.228 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:14:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170829130409.D1106301033@cspc120.cs.man.ac.uk> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c08::232 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114115 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Richard Banach < richard.banach@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > | > * in the old days, it used the 'angry primary colors' color scheme, > which > | > was great for someone with poor sight like me, ... nowadays pale pastel > | > schemes are the default ... how can I get 'angry primary colors' back? > | > | Try M-x "customize-themes" > > i tried playing with that > > a) a couple of themes i tried looked pretty pale to me > > b) the customization only took effect in emacs running in its own > window ... in emacs -nw started in an xterm, the colours are > different (for the same latex file), the customizations have no effect, > and the keyword colour mapping (for latex keywords) is coming from some > other place, which i'd like to be able to edit if possible > > | I have never seen "pale pastel" colors by default. What version of Emacs > | do you use? > > it says > > GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.13) > of 2017-03-03 on c1bm.rdu2.centos.org `emacs -nw` is subject to the TERM settings of the terminal it's running in. Depending on your distro that may be an 8 or 256 color variant. I'm suspicious based on your descriptions that your TERM setting may have changed recently. The 256 color default them of emacs is much more subtle than the 8 color theme. You can see what your TERM setting is by `echo $TERM` and you can see how many colors emacs thinks it can display by `M-x list-colors-display`. FWIW, some terminals allow you to change the TERM setting to something else if you'd prefer the 8 color variant.