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Asked: 2026-05-31T15:50:03+00:00

I am using console emacs in tuareg mode to edit OCaml code. For syntax

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I am using console emacs in tuareg mode to edit OCaml code. For syntax highlighting I am using the color-theme package and I am settled for some time now on the jsc-dark color theme. Sadly, the result of my OCaml editing experience is mediocre (most syntactic elements are rendered yellowish). Other color-themes I ‘ve tried yield similar results (I actually spent the time to try out all of them). I’ve seen emacs screenshots on the web which use a much more variegated palette to render different parts of the OCaml language. Does anyone have a better theme or OCaml syntax highlight solution to suggest for console emacs? (not X).

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  1. Editorial Team

    So basically the link offered in the first comment helped me solve the issue. For Emacs 23 which I use I had to do two things only:

    1. set TERM to xterm-256color
      (and verify that it works by running ‘tput colors’)
    2. apt-get install ncurses-term

    After that I was able to experience the themes in color-theme-6.6.0 for emacs much better. To test that your Emacs really sees the whole palette do a M-x list-colors-display

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