Re: How to change colors?

[Raghava Kashyapa]

Hi!
  You could try adding these LISP lines in your .emacs file (present in your 
home directory). You could change the colors however you would like.

-Raghava


; Face to use for comments
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-comment-face       "slate gray")

; Face to use for function and variable names
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-function-name-face "blue")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-function-name-face)
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-variable-name-face "blue")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-variable-name-face)

; Face to use for strings and documentation strings
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-string-face        "blue4")
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-doc-string-face    "blue4")

; Face to use for preprocessor commands
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-preprocessor-face  "green4")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-preprocessor-face)

; Face to use for keywords
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-keyword-face  "blue3")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-keyword-face)

; Face to use for reference names
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-reference-face  "red3")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-reference-face)

; Face to use for type names
(set-face-foreground  'font-lock-type-face          "medium orchid")
(make-face-bold       'font-lock-type-face)

Axel Goldbach wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to emacs and I want it to use it as a develpment environment for Java.
>
> I've switched on syntax highlightning but I don't like the default colors. 
> How do I change the colors?
>
> I've found something called "faces" but I haven't found where I can associate 
> a face or whatever e.g. to a Java keyword. Do I have to write a Lisp script? 
> If so may someone knows a source where I can find a good tutorial on Lisp 
> because I don't know Lisp.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Axel.
>
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