Change language colors/syntax highlighting in gedit

Question

When a javascript file is open in gedit, I want comments to be green instead of the default blue.

How do I change the colors?

Answer 1

You have to edit the corresponding color-scheme file and change the color code for comments. I.e. if you use the color scheme 'tango' you have to edit /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/styles/tango.xml. Look for the comment style:

<!-- Comments -->
<style name="def:comment"                 foreground="skyblue3"/>
..............................

and replace the foreground color (e.g. #489c33)