Colors with enriched-mode

Question

I am trying to use the enriched-mode for my personal documentation. I would like to colorize specific sections of my text for clarity. I can successfully do it with Edit/Text Properties/Foreground Color. The saved files seam to contain the right tags etc. but the colors do not show up by reloading the file. Other features like italic/bold/etc. work fine. I cannot figure out why and how to solve this. The original emacs buffer : "bold" is ... in bold font and "yellow" is yellow

standard
bold
yellow
end

The content of the file:

Content-Type: text/enriched
Text-Width: 98

standard

<bold>bold

</bold><x-color><param>yellow</param>yellow</x-color>

end

When reloading, only the "bold" line has the right face, the color is gone.

Answer 1

your example works fine for me with Emacs version 26.1. I'll tell you what I did and try to follow along.

C-x C-f a new file, say test.txt, and copy the contents below into it:

Content-Type: text/enriched
Text-Width: 98

standard

<bold>bold

</bold><x-color><param>yellow</param>yellow</x-color>

end

Then do M-x enriched-mode and C-x C-s to save the file. Then C-x C-v RET to reload the test.txt file, and it should show you this:

Now, I've noticed that depending on the theme the bold face may be hardly noticeable, and, if you are on a Mac, that it works better on some versions of Emacs than others (better in Macports version, for example).

If it is not working for you, maybe try dropping your init.el file, if you have one, or try another Emacs version.

Answer 2

I know it might be an old question, but the lack of color might come from font lock mode. Try to disable it and check colors