From: Dan Nicolaescu Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:13:46 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Tag: emacs-22.2~26 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d0f10d8f9f19c9db73d905ad8426c289b7d8c280;p=emacs.git *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index f19d3e160e9..335862052c7 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -122,12 +122,18 @@ was mistakenly scrolled on compiles after the first. Customize `compilation-scroll-output' if you want to retain the scrolling. ** `font-lock-comment-face' no longer differs from the default on -displays with fewer than 16 colors (e.g. older xterms and the Linux console). -On such displays, only the comment delimiters will appear to be fontified -(in the new face `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face'). To restore the -old appearance, customize `font-lock-comment-face', or use a newer terminal -emulator that supports more colors (256 is now common). (This was new -in Emacs 22.1, but was not described.) +displays with fewer than 16 colors and dark background (e.g. older +xterms and the Linux console). On such displays, only the comment +delimiters will appear to be fontified (in the new face +`font-lock-comment-delimiter-face'). To restore the old appearance, +customize `font-lock-comment-face'. Another alternative is to use a +newer terminal emulator that supports more colors (256 is now common). +For example, for xterm compatible emulators that support 256 colors, +you can run emacs like this: +env TERM=xterm-256color emacs -nw +(This was new in Emacs 22.1, but was not described. In Emacs 22.1 +this also happened for terminals with a light background, that is not +the case anymore). * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.2