From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ajit Mylavarapu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: no color syntax highlighting in emacs over SSH Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:54:45 -0700 Message-ID: References: <877izmy8pu.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159558878 13344 80.91.229.2 (29 Sep 2006 19:41:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:41:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 29 21:41:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GTODy-0007iz-CW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GTODy-0005ra-0g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:40:42 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 59 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: deeplypipelined.stanford.edu Original-X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1159556085 19621 128.12.167.126 (29 Sep 2006 18:54:45 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) In-Reply-To: <877izmy8pu.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142099 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37719 Archived-At: The TERM setting on the remote machine (Sun box) is set to xterm. You are right in assuming that I am doing an ssh to a remote Sun box and then running emacs. Also, how do I find out more about termcap/terminfo entries on the Solaris box? (I dont know much about termcap/terminfo). And once I find that out, what should I do? Thank you, Ajit. Tim X wrote: > DeeplyPipelined writes: > >> I am editing some .c files over an SSH connection. Syntax highlighting >> is working fine when I have the files on my local machine. >> >> If am using emacs on the TTY (as opposed to emacs in an X window), the >> problem is >> that I cant get syntax highlighting to work for files over an SSH >> connection. I know that font-lock-mode is on because I see bold fonts >> and underlined fonts in the TTY over an SSH connection, but there is >> no color. >> >> The shell on the remote machine is a tcsh. >> >> I should also mention that when I use emacs over X on the SSH, syntax >> highlighting works. It stops working in TTY mode over SSH. The remote >> machine has emacs 21.2.2 on a SunSPARC Solaris 2.8. >> >> Any help regarding this will be greatly appreciated! >> > > I'm assuming you are doing an ssh to the remote Sun box and then > running emacs, rather than accessing remote iles using something like > tramp or ange-ftp. > > Check to see what TERM setting the remote emacs believes it is running > under. I suspect the most likely cause is that the remote emacs > doesn't realise it is running under a terminal which can support > colour. If this is the case, you will have to see if there is a > suitable colour capable termcap/terminfo setting which is compatible > with the tty. I have seen this problem when users are running on Linux > and connect to a commercial Unix system like solaris or Tru64, which > doesn't have termcap/terminfo entries for terminals of type Linux or > Console (as used in Linux). > > If you can find a suitable termcap/terminfo entry on the solaris box, > you may need to set your TERM variable explicitly when you login to > force it to use that entry. > > Alternatively, use tramp from a local instance of emacs - you will get > colour syntax highlighting and probably better responsiveness > (assuming thats why your running under a console rather than X). > > HTH > > Tim >