Howdy --
Syntax highlighting colors for perl uses the values of
several font-faces... Namely:
font-lock-comment-face
font-lock-function-name-face
font-lock-string-face
font-lock-variable-name-face
... etc, etc...
For a full list of available faces, and their current settings,
check with
M-x list-faces-display
To change a face's forground/background color, use:
(set-face-foreground 'facename "color")
(set-face-background 'facename "color")
"color" can be a predefined color, or "rgb:RR/GG/BB"
Now, I've never gone REALLY deep into this, but the theory in
my head is that all the various cc-mode spinoffs use the same faces
for color. The real trick is getting your perl-mode-hook to change
the font-faces to the colors you want while youre in perl-mode,
but not when you're in some other mode.
Or, if you don't care, just change all the font-faces in your .emacs,
and call it a day.
As far as perl-mode, you can start it up with a simple M-x perl-mode
when you open a perl file, or associate the .pl extension to perl-mode
and have it kick off automagically.
You should also have font-lock-mode turned on.
You know, I set all this stuff up like 2 years ago, and haven't changed
it since.
Once you get Emacs just the way you like it, all this stuff fades from
memory.
There's an NT Emacs mailing list, which I can't find, but font-lock
setup is
general Emacs, so this mailing list could provide:
help-gnu-emacs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gnUSENET newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help (and one-way into
comp.emacs)
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Hope that helps,
Rob
Paul Rogers wrote:
> anyone know how to change the colors in ntemacs syntax highlighting? the
> default colors aren't very legible.
>
> i'm just trying it out right now (have been using homesite 4).
>
> i've heard there is a mode specifically for use with perl (cperl?).
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
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