From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: auctex font colors Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:56:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <5624b517-5765-4ce4-b7f3-b14ab5cfca16@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411581626 22100 80.91.229.3 (24 Sep 2014 18:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:00:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 24 20:00:19 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XWqrS-0003ut-FO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:00:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33451 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XWqrS-00050y-2J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:00:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="61a1e09a5dd16679b5767d77eb99504d"; logging-data="14722"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ixSJAOBV3xpR9YDXNS1Z0JrCEocpSPNI=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MsoI4ZXSuxgWDYj+hd3YY1qFnFQ= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207854 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100129 Archived-At: 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