How do I make Emacs Ansi-term as colorful as Konsole?
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Oflameo · 2022-08-16 23:54



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lebensterben · 2022-08-17 00:18

use vterm instead

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jsled · 2022-08-17 01:24

came here to say this

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Hammar_Morty · 2022-08-17 01:58

https://github.com/atomontage/xterm-color

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WorldsEndless · 2022-08-17 11:39

How do you make vterm as colorful?

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WallyMetropolis · 2022-08-17 13:06

For me, it seems to be colorful out of the box.

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brotzeitmacher · 2022-08-17 15:34

Colors are stored in vterm-color-palette. The colors can be modified
by themes.

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susam · 2022-08-17 15:53

You can get support for 256 colours in `term` or `ansi-term` by
installing `eterm-256color` and then adding `eterm-256color-mode` to
`term-mode-hook`. Here is a minimal `~/init.el` that shows what needs
to be done:

    ;; Package setup.
    (require 'package)
    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" .
"https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
    (package-initialize)
    (unless package-archive-contents
      (package-refresh-contents))

    ;; Install eterm-256-color.
    (dolist (package '(eterm-256color))
      (unless (package-installed-p package)
        (package-install package)))

    ;; Enable eterm-256color-mode in terminals.
    (add-hook 'term-mode-hook #'eterm-256color-mode)

You probably have your own way to install packages. In that case, the
only two important lines above are the `package-install` call to
install `eterm-256color` and the `add-hook` call to set up the
necessary hook.

When you first run `M-x term RET` or `M-x ansi-term RET`, it will
automatically show prompts for installing `eterm-color` and
`eterm-256color.ti`. Once you answer `y` to both, you should be all
set up. Then confirm your terminal is correctly set up by running
these commands on your shell:

    echo $TERM
    tput colors
    for i in {0..255}; do tput setaf $i; printf "%4d" "$i"; done; echo
    for i in {0..255}; do tput setab $i; printf "%4d" "$i"; done; echo

Here is what the output should look like:
https://i.imgur.com/5hbc34T.png

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pwab · 2022-08-17 16:12

thank you, worked like a charm.

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guitmz · 2022-08-17 20:23

Is it possible to make compilation mode to use vterm as well?

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lebensterben · 2022-08-17 21:03

Nope afaik. Some language major modes may alter the comint-mode and
makes it look better.