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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Code blocks (partially) inherit buffer colors
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:29:09 -0700
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Richard Stanton <stanton@haas.berkeley.edu> writes:

> When I export a code block to HTML, I've noticed that some (but not
> all) of the characters in the resulting HTML file have the same
> background color as my Emacs buffer at the time I exported. For
> example, if I export
>
> -----------
>
> #+begin_src python
> a = 5
> #+end_src
>
> ------------
>
> the code block in the resulting HTML file has a very pale background,
> except for the characters "a" and "5", both of which are displayed
> with a dark blue background that looks like it's the same as the
> background color in my Emacs buffer. This looks rather odd...
>
> I can work around this problem by changing the color-theme in my Emacs
> buffer before exporting, but is there a better solution?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard Stanton

See the documentation of the `org-export-htmlize-output-type' variable.

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Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte