Re: Changing syntax hi-lite of shell-mode

[reader]

David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:

> On Sun, 18 May 2008 09:42:15 -0500 reader@newsguy.com wrote:
>
>> Can someone coach me as to how to set the colors seen in shell-mode?
>
> This works for me:
>
> (eval-after-load 'ansi-color
>   '(progn
>      (setq ansi-color-names-vector ["gray50" "salmon" "palegreen"
>                                     "lightgoldenrod" "SkyBlue2"
>                                     "plum3" "turquoise" "white"])
>      (setq ansi-color-map (ansi-color-make-color-map))))


Thanks, but you post was a little thin on explanation.
What is supposed to happen if I load that code?

How does this effect what I see in shell-mode?

After loading that code I see no difference whatever in what `ls'
displays in terms of syntax highlight