Re: no color syntax highlighting in emacs over SSH

[Tim X]

DeeplyPipelined <ajitkarthik@gmail.com> writes:

> I am editing some .c files over an SSH connection. Syntax highlighting
> is working fine when I have the files on my local machine. 
>
> If am using emacs on the TTY (as opposed to emacs in an X window), the
> problem is
> that I cant get syntax highlighting to work for files over an SSH
> connection. I know that font-lock-mode is on because I see bold fonts
> and underlined fonts in the TTY over an SSH connection, but there is
> no color.
>
> The shell on the remote machine is a tcsh.
>
> I should also mention that when I use emacs over X on the SSH, syntax
> highlighting works. It stops working in TTY mode over SSH. The remote
> machine has emacs 21.2.2 on a SunSPARC Solaris 2.8.
>
> Any help regarding this will be greatly appreciated!
>

I'm assuming you are doing an ssh to the remote Sun box and then 
running emacs, rather than accessing remote iles using something like
tramp or ange-ftp.

Check to see what TERM setting the remote emacs believes it is running
under. I suspect the most likely cause is that the remote emacs
doesn't realise it is running under a terminal which can support
colour. If this is the case, you will have to see if there is a
suitable colour capable termcap/terminfo setting which is compatible
with the tty. I have seen this problem when users are running on Linux
and connect to a commercial Unix system like solaris or Tru64, which
doesn't have termcap/terminfo entries for terminals of type Linux or
Console (as used in Linux). 

If you can find a suitable termcap/terminfo entry on the solaris box,
you may need to set your TERM variable explicitly when you login to
force it to use that entry.

Alternatively, use tramp from a local instance of emacs - you will get
colour syntax highlighting and probably better responsiveness
(assuming thats why your running under a console rather than X). 

HTH

Tim

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