I use the config John mentioned and I like it - though I use different symbols. Here's my config if you want an example: https://github.com/zzamboni/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.org#source-code-blocks
--Diego On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 9:24 PM John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > > Here is one approach: > > https://pank.eu/blog/pretty-babel-src-blocks.html > > I feel like I have seen some work that used ruby and python icons as displays > over #+begin_src, but I can't find it now. > > John > > ----------------------------------- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 2:54 PM William Denton <w...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Is anyone doing any fancy formatting of source blocks, such as putting a line >> in the left fringe, or a box around them, or having some interesting >> background? >> >> I ask because I recently changed the theme I use to get the dark Solarized >> look >> I like,[1] and all of a sudden my #+begin_src lines were underlined and >> #+end_src had a line above it. These come from org-block-begin-line and >> org-block-end-line, and are shown here, but I'd never noticed them in >> documentation or had them on my screen before: >> >> https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/examples/fontify-src-code-blocks.html >> >> Aside from fontifying the source blocks I've never done anything special >> about >> them (except wonder how I ever did anything without them), but seeing this >> made >> me wonder if anyone here has really customized them so they look like >> medieval >> manuscripts or something from a futuristic video game. (If any of that is >> possible---but in Emacs, anything is possible ...) >> >> Bill >> >> [1] Now I'm using https://github.com/bbatsov/solarized-emacs, with variable >> pitch turned off and Org headline resizing turned off. >> >> -- >> William Denton :: Toronto, Canada --- Listening to Art: >> https://listeningtoart.org/ >> https://www.miskatonic.org/ --- GHG.EARTH: https://ghg.earth/ >> Caveat lector. --- STAPLR: https://staplr.org/ >>