Fixing different display colors within string












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My question below is my attempt to reduce a problem I am having to the simplest possible version that will show the error I am trying to fix. I recognize that the coding looks tortured, and I will provide at the end an explanation for why I am doing it this way, but hopefully we can just focus on the particular behavior in my abstracted example.



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CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
"!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
"Input",
ShowStringCharacters->False
]


Why is the "O (g)" black and the rest of the string grey? And how do I change it so that it all displays as black?



Background: This is a follow-up to this thread. I am using the strings as a way to define palette-selectable labels that preserve non-Mathematica-standard notation that I can then use with the Notation package to associate this alternate notation (both input and output) with more standard symbols that can be used internally. I need the label to be in a string so that the notational form is maintained without parsing once it is interpreted by a ParsedBoxWrapper@TemplateBox, and I use a custom style to suppress the display of those quotation marks.



Edit: I originally had this including """<>string<>""", but have since discovered that the extra quotes aren't necessary to make the problem happen.










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    $begingroup$


    My question below is my attempt to reduce a problem I am having to the simplest possible version that will show the error I am trying to fix. I recognize that the coding looks tortured, and I will provide at the end an explanation for why I am doing it this way, but hopefully we can just focus on the particular behavior in my abstracted example.



    enter image description here



    (copyable version below)



    CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
    "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
    "Input",
    ShowStringCharacters->False
    ]


    Why is the "O (g)" black and the rest of the string grey? And how do I change it so that it all displays as black?



    Background: This is a follow-up to this thread. I am using the strings as a way to define palette-selectable labels that preserve non-Mathematica-standard notation that I can then use with the Notation package to associate this alternate notation (both input and output) with more standard symbols that can be used internally. I need the label to be in a string so that the notational form is maintained without parsing once it is interpreted by a ParsedBoxWrapper@TemplateBox, and I use a custom style to suppress the display of those quotation marks.



    Edit: I originally had this including """<>string<>""", but have since discovered that the extra quotes aren't necessary to make the problem happen.










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      $begingroup$


      My question below is my attempt to reduce a problem I am having to the simplest possible version that will show the error I am trying to fix. I recognize that the coding looks tortured, and I will provide at the end an explanation for why I am doing it this way, but hopefully we can just focus on the particular behavior in my abstracted example.



      enter image description here



      (copyable version below)



      CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
      "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
      "Input",
      ShowStringCharacters->False
      ]


      Why is the "O (g)" black and the rest of the string grey? And how do I change it so that it all displays as black?



      Background: This is a follow-up to this thread. I am using the strings as a way to define palette-selectable labels that preserve non-Mathematica-standard notation that I can then use with the Notation package to associate this alternate notation (both input and output) with more standard symbols that can be used internally. I need the label to be in a string so that the notational form is maintained without parsing once it is interpreted by a ParsedBoxWrapper@TemplateBox, and I use a custom style to suppress the display of those quotation marks.



      Edit: I originally had this including """<>string<>""", but have since discovered that the extra quotes aren't necessary to make the problem happen.










      share|improve this question











      $endgroup$




      My question below is my attempt to reduce a problem I am having to the simplest possible version that will show the error I am trying to fix. I recognize that the coding looks tortured, and I will provide at the end an explanation for why I am doing it this way, but hopefully we can just focus on the particular behavior in my abstracted example.



      enter image description here



      (copyable version below)



      CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
      "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
      "Input",
      ShowStringCharacters->False
      ]


      Why is the "O (g)" black and the rest of the string grey? And how do I change it so that it all displays as black?



      Background: This is a follow-up to this thread. I am using the strings as a way to define palette-selectable labels that preserve non-Mathematica-standard notation that I can then use with the Notation package to associate this alternate notation (both input and output) with more standard symbols that can be used internally. I need the label to be in a string so that the notational form is maintained without parsing once it is interpreted by a ParsedBoxWrapper@TemplateBox, and I use a custom style to suppress the display of those quotation marks.



      Edit: I originally had this including """<>string<>""", but have since discovered that the extra quotes aren't necessary to make the problem happen.







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          Short answer: You need to turn off auto styles:



          CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
          "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
          "Input",
          ShowStringCharacters->False,
          ShowAutoStyles->False
          ]


          The issue is that your string, inside of an "Input" cell is not interpreted as a string, it is interpreted as an expression, and so the default syntax coloring happens.






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          • $begingroup$
            Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago












          • $begingroup$
            Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago










          • $begingroup$
            I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
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          $begingroup$

          Short answer: You need to turn off auto styles:



          CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
          "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
          "Input",
          ShowStringCharacters->False,
          ShowAutoStyles->False
          ]


          The issue is that your string, inside of an "Input" cell is not interpreted as a string, it is interpreted as an expression, and so the default syntax coloring happens.






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          • $begingroup$
            Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago












          • $begingroup$
            Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago










          • $begingroup$
            I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago
















          6












          $begingroup$

          Short answer: You need to turn off auto styles:



          CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
          "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
          "Input",
          ShowStringCharacters->False,
          ShowAutoStyles->False
          ]


          The issue is that your string, inside of an "Input" cell is not interpreted as a string, it is interpreted as an expression, and so the default syntax coloring happens.






          share|improve this answer









          $endgroup$













          • $begingroup$
            Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago












          • $begingroup$
            Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago










          • $begingroup$
            I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago














          6












          6








          6





          $begingroup$

          Short answer: You need to turn off auto styles:



          CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
          "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
          "Input",
          ShowStringCharacters->False,
          ShowAutoStyles->False
          ]


          The issue is that your string, inside of an "Input" cell is not interpreted as a string, it is interpreted as an expression, and so the default syntax coloring happens.






          share|improve this answer









          $endgroup$



          Short answer: You need to turn off auto styles:



          CellPrint @ ExpressionCell[
          "!(*SubscriptBox[(H), (2)])O (H)",
          "Input",
          ShowStringCharacters->False,
          ShowAutoStyles->False
          ]


          The issue is that your string, inside of an "Input" cell is not interpreted as a string, it is interpreted as an expression, and so the default syntax coloring happens.







          share|improve this answer












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          answered 2 days ago









          Carl WollCarl Woll

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          • $begingroup$
            Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago












          • $begingroup$
            Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago










          • $begingroup$
            I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago


















          • $begingroup$
            Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago












          • $begingroup$
            Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago










          • $begingroup$
            I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
            $endgroup$
            – Kevin Ausman
            2 days ago
















          $begingroup$
          Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago






          $begingroup$
          Magnificent! Thank you! It seems that this fix does not correct a related problem that I assumed would be automatically fixed when the coloration-problem was corrected. I will update my question with an example of that issue.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago














          $begingroup$
          Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago




          $begingroup$
          Actually, I will add my new question as a separate question rather than editing this one, since it looks like it is unrelated. Thank you.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago












          $begingroup$
          I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago




          $begingroup$
          I guess the bigger question might be whether or not there is a way to force a string in an input cell to be interpreted as a string rather than interpreted as an expression, because that might separately solve both this question and the other one that I recently added.
          $endgroup$
          – Kevin Ausman
          2 days ago


















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