Re: unreadable color: how to change lisp comment color (and find its font face)?

[Tom Rauchenwald]

Markus Dehmann <markus.dehmann@gmail.com> writes:

> I use color-theme, and I like color-theme-xp (sorry!). However, there
> is one disturbing thing about it: It shows lisp comments (e.g. in
> my .emacs) in the same color as the background! How can I change that?
>
> I know I can do M-x color-theme-print and it prints the function for
> the color theme, which I can modify. But I don't know what font-face
> is used by lisp comments, so I can't change its appearance.
>
> How can I find out what font-face is used by lisp comments so I can
> change its color?

In emacs22 just put point where the comment is, and invoke M-x
describe-face.
Looks like font-lock-comment-face is what you are looking for.

> Thanks!
> Markus

Tom