Re: Adding colour when font-lock in disabled

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 08:31:30 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > > Have tried (enriched-mode). I then select some text and do "Edit - Text 
> > > Properties - Background Colour - Other". But nothing happens.
> > 
> > 
> > Look closer: when you do this, Emacs prompts you for the color in the
> > minibuffer. So "nothing happens" is not really accurate.
> 
> I missed that.  It does as you say.  But what is the exact procedure to 
> change the colour of some text.

You type the name of a color, such as "green" (without the quotes),
and press RET.

> The colour in not taking effect on the text.

It does here.