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IPython qtconsole highlighting

I am using the IPython qtconsole and the directories are dark blue and I can't seem to find any way to change this in the theme. I'm using pygments with the monokai theme for the syntax highlighting.

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Solution

  • This coloring is actually done by ls itself. You can use the LSCOLORS ( on OS X / BSD, or LS_COLORS on Linux) environment variable to customize this. Here is a nifty utility for generating an LSCOLORS value. You can probably Google-about for peoples favored dark-background LSCOLORS values.

    Then just set the variable, either in Python:

    import os
os.environ['LSCOLORS'] = 'gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad'

    or in your shell session prior to launching IPython (or .bashrc, etc.):

    $> export LSCOLORS=gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
$> ipython qtconsole

    see also: reference docs for LS_COLORS