From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-05-17T04:14:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Editing ruby code with Emacs or Vim ?

Alder Green wrote:

> Ok, this is tested for Emacs 21.3:
> 
> M-x (i.e. "run the builtin function") customize-face
> 
> You'll get in the minibuffer:
> 
> Customize face: (default all)

Yow.

> 
> Just hit enter, and Emacs would create a large buffer with the
> formatting options for each face. It's much beyond just colors:  you
> can set e.g. variable names to be bold, have a different background
> color, different font... pretty much whatever you want. Just find the
> face you want to change; most are pretty obvious ("Variable Name",
> "String", "Keyword").
> 
> As with everything in Emacs, there are a some more advanced ways,
> including stuff like choosing from whole color schemes. Didn't really
> use it, so I can't comment; customizing the default scheme was enough
> for me.
> 

Thank you.

I'll go look now for the :colorscheme equivalent.


:)

-- 
James Britt

"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally
  for machines to execute."
   - H. Abelson and G. Sussman
   (in "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)