Why helm buffers are not being colorized properly in my GUI Emacs
(WSL/Ubuntu)
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kromobrn · 2022-09-05 19:25

Hi! I'm currently using spacemacs with helm completion + a bunch of
custom config on top of it. I have emacs installed in a Mac and I set
it up in a Windows PC with WSL, using VcXsrv to open the windows in
desktop.

One annoyance I couldn't fix is the helm buffers not being colorized
properly. I attached 2 images as example below, when running `helm-
buffers-list` in the two machines. I checked some helm faces with
`describe-face` and in the info buffer the *(sample)* text displays
them correctly, but I never played with faces in emacs so I don't know
what else I could check.

One important thing is that, IF I'm not crazy, sometimes this problem
doesn't happen, like 1/10 times. It only started to bother me now that
i'm using it constantly to navigate files in a project.

Could someone give some tips on how can I debug this issue, what
should I look for, where?

Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04 / emacs 28.1 with native comp.

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[helm buffer mac \(cropped\)](https://preview.redd.it/0kq8k6f6x2m91.pn
g?width=2243&format=png&auto=webp&s=e73076cddb9ef2cff62300c714555d9283
86b8e6)

[helm buffer WSL](https://preview.redd.it/g1ggf2psw2m91.png?width=1116
&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed110167f220bf2c88f67747ab044943179f4bfd)

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arthurno1 · 2022-09-06 18:26

Maybe a stupid question, but do you use the same theme on both
systems?

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kromobrn · 2022-09-07 06:26

Ha! Thanks for trying to help, but yeah they are the same. Apparently
I'll have to deal with this by myself

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arthurno1 · 2022-09-07 06:41

What can happen is that your setup is not loaded completely on the
other system. Check if you have some os-specific parts that does not
get executed on the other one. It is a bit hard to guess like this.