Synopsis:

set highlight [reset | plain | light | dark | off]

Set whether we use terminal highlighting; Permissable values are:

plain

no terminal highlighting

off

same as plain

light

terminal background is light; this is the default

dark

terminal background is dark or light forgeground text

If the first argument is reset, we clear any existing color formatting and recolor all source code output.

Examples:

set highlight off   # no highlight
set highlight plain # same as above
set highlight dark  # terminal has dark background
set highlight light # terminal has light background
set highlight       # same as above
set highlight reset light # clear source-code cache and
                          # set for light background
set highlight reset # clear source-code cache

See also:

show highlight