I found this website and downloaded the color-theme files.
It says:
Put the file color-theme.el and the
folder “themes” (with the files
color-theme-example.el and
color-theme-library.el) in a directory
on your LoadPath.
and then I checked the load path website, which says:
To add a single directory to the load-path:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/")
My question is, where do I type this line?
If I do M-x and then type, it complains add-to-list[No match].
By the way, I am using Emacs 23.2(9.0) on Mac, a GUI version.
For the text version on terminal, I use black background seems fine, except the blue is too dark on black
Best Answer
An answer for newbs like me!
In Emacs 24.5.1, on mac or linux the following will work.
The following command will create a folder called themes inside your .emacs.d folder (assuming one does not already exist)
Now tell emacs that you have installed a themes folder. In emacs open your .emacs file, by typing the following:
Add the following line to your .emacs file:
Now copy your theme's '.el' file to your .emacs.d/themes/ directory. A good place to find custom themes is here: emacsthemes.com
Now load your custom theme by typing the following:
Your newly installed themes should appear on the list like so:
Move your cursor to within the '[ ]' and press return to select that theme.
Enjoy emacs!