[ESS] Color-face list for font color specification in emacs

[Vitalie S.]

"Thompson,Paul" <Paul.Thompson at sanfordhealth.org> writes:

> This question reminds me of a question that I have had frequently.  Is there a comprehensive list of colors and
> faces that could be used in a specification of fonts and colors for various features?
>
Paul, you are probably looking for these:

M-x list-colors-display
M-x list-faces-display

> If I go in customize > faces > font lock > font lock faces > font lock type
> face and customize it to a suitable color for my display and then click on
> «customize for current session» and on «save for future sessions» then the
> color is changed for the current session but when I restart Emacs it's back
> to the old settings.  Customize has written the following lines in my
> .emacs file:
>

It should work unless the faces are overwritten by some other settings.
Is your custom file loaded in the first place?

(setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom.el")
(load custom-file)

You can place it at the end of your .emacs to be sure nothing is overwritten.

HTH, 
Vitalie.

> (custom-set-faces
>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
>   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
>  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "LightBlue"
> :foreground "Maroon" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
> :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight bold :height 137 :width
> normal :foundry "b&h" :family "lucidatypewriter"))))
>  '(dired-header ((t (:inherit default :foreground "OrangeRed"))))
>  '(font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground "OrangeRed"))))
>  '(outline-5 ((t (:inherit font-lock-type-face :foreground "OrangeRed")))))
>
> The other settings do stick around but not the "font-lock-type-face".  Any
> idea why it is so?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gérald Jean
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