can't chang color scheme?

[Sam Collins]

Hey guys,

I can't seem to change the color scheme, goto tools > preferences > syntax coloring and change it to emacs, click "OK" and nothing happens??? How can I get it all to a dark theme? Am using Spyder 2.2.4 through Anaconda.

Thanks!

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi Sam,

What is your operating system? Windows, Linux or Mac?

El 30/09/13 01:51, Sam Collins escribió:

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[Sam Collins]

Windows, when I change it in the settings by picking say "emacs" the "apply" button doesn't become active even, just can't do anything, click OK and it stays exactly the same with white theme. Why bother having the menu options to change it if it doesn't respond? Haven't touched anything, just completely standard install of Spyder via the Anaconda Distribution. 

Thanks!

[Carlos Córdoba]

This is not our fault, that option is working perfectly fine in any operating system I tested it.

What is your Anaconda version? If it is less than 1.7 you really have to update it. You can do it by running these commands in a terminal:

conda update conda
conda update anaconda

Cheers,
Carlos

El 10/10/13 05:32, Sam Collins escribió:

[Kevin Nielson]

I think I have to disagree.

I am experiencing the same issue with Spyder 2.2.5 as part of the winPython package.

I can change the editor color scheme by manually editing the .ini file at

C:\Program Files\winPython\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.2\settings\.spyder2\.spyder.ini

 to change the color_scheme_name field to match the color theme I'd like to use.

However, the preferences pane allows no control over switching.

Since changing this file updates the color scheme, is it possible that the preferences pane is not being passed the correct path to which to save the settings?

[Kevin Nielson]

I found the source of the problem:

The ability to change the editor color scheme is not in

tools>preferences>syntax coloring

as has been stated in several posts on the subject, but rather in

tools>preferences>Editor

where a drop-down menu at the bottom of the pane marked "Syntax color scheme:" allows you to change the color scheme.

The syntax coloring pane allows you to change the composition of the color schemes, but does not allow you to apply it.

From the perspective of a non-power-user, this is a bit confusing.

[Kevin Nielson]

In addition, the object Inspector does not seem to allow changes to the color scheme when rich text mode is enabled.  The changelog indicates that this issue was fixed with 2.2.1, but with 2.2.5, rich text causes a white background to be displayed regardless of color scheme.

[Carlos Córdoba]

Thanks Kevin for your remarks. They made me realize that we need to improve how we present syntax highlighting options to our users.

About the option for the Object Inspector: it only applies when you are trying to view the source of an object in this plugin, not for its documentation, so I think we can eliminate it to avoid confusions.

Cheers,
Carlos

El 28/10/13 09:48, Kevin Nielson escribió:

[Nicolas Vo]

I just got it : once you have made your changes in Syntax Coloring, you need to go to Editor, click the drop-down button at the bottom, and choose Custom.