Re: colored code background in org 8.3

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

Thanks, this worked perfectly!

Rasmus writes:

> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> I am finally getting around to switching over to org 8.3... One thing I
>> miss already is the colored background in the code blocks. I recall that
>> was removed. Has anyone looked into a way to put it back?
>
> I use the attached patch for some "interactive slides" with babel.
>
> (require 'color)
> (set-face-attribute 'org-block nil :inherit 'fixed-pitch
>                     :background (color-darken-name
>                                  (face-attribute 'default :background) 3))
>
> You might also set :inherit of org-block-{begin,end}-line.
>
> Rasmus
>
> PS: My apology if I sent this twice now. 


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