I am using console emacs in tuareg mode to edit OCaml code. For syntax highlighting I am using the color-theme package and I am settled for some time now on the jsc-dark color theme. Sadly, the result of my OCaml editing experience is mediocre (most syntactic elements are rendered yellowish). Other color-themes I 've tried yield similar results (I actually spent the time to try out all of them). I've seen emacs screenshots on the web which use a much more variegated palette to render different parts of the OCaml language. Does anyone have a better theme or OCaml syntax highlight solution to suggest for console emacs? (not X).
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1The problem is your [terminal setting][] and has been well documented. [terminal setting]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/63950/how-to-make-emacs-terminal-colors-the-same-as-emacs-gui-colors – event_jr Mar 16 '12 at 23:53
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well this is lame. Convert my answer which uses full markdown to a comment which can't. Real helpful, stackoverflow! – event_jr Mar 16 '12 at 23:55
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Thanks, will look into it, looks helpful. Pity I can't upvote a comment. – Marcus Junius Brutus Mar 17 '12 at 00:02
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I use `color-theme-clarity' but haven't put thought to it! – lukstafi Mar 17 '12 at 07:39
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Yeah so basically the link offered above helped me solve it. Bottom line, for Emacs 23 which I use, I had to do two things:set TERM to xterm-256color – Marcus Junius Brutus Mar 17 '12 at 15:06
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So basically the link offered in the first comment helped me solve the issue. For Emacs 23 which I use I had to do two things only:
- set TERM to xterm-256color (and verify that it works by running 'tput colors')
- apt-get install ncurses-term
After that I was able to experience the themes in color-theme-6.6.0 for emacs much better. To test that your Emacs really sees the whole palette do a M-x list-colors-display
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