.. index:: set; highlight .. _set_highlight: Set Highlight ------------- **set highlight** [ **reset** ] {**plain** | **light** | **dark** | **off**} Set whether we use terminal highlighting for ANSI 8-color terminals. Permissible values are: :plain: no terminal highlighting :off: same as plain :light: terminal background is light (the default) :dark: terminal background is dark If the first argument is *reset*, we clear any existing color formatting and recolor all source code output. A related setting is *style* which sets the Pygments style for terminal that support, 256 colors. But even here, it is useful to set the highlight to tell the debugger for bold and emphasized text what values to use. Examples: +++++++++ :: set highlight off # no highlight set highlight plain # same as above set highlight # same as above set highlight dark # terminal has dark background set highlight light # terminal has light background set highlight reset light # clear source-code cache and # set for light background set highlight reset # clear source-code cache .. seealso:: :ref:`show highlight ` and :ref:`set style `