# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 996760614 0
# Node ID 07f962cbdd4e8e8bc5794e8c37b0cca6e7f030be
# Parent  80a860105400dd41d958693d18bb37804b7c7a6a
(Faces): Document that changing the colors of the `default' face
also changes the fore/background colors on all frames.  Add a
cross-reference to the description of how to change colors for one
frame only.

diff -r 80a860105400 -r 07f962cbdd4e man/display.texi
--- a/man/display.texi	Thu Aug 02 13:54:16 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/display.texi	Thu Aug 02 13:56:54 2001 +0000
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 with @kbd{M-x set-face-foreground} and @kbd{M-x set-face-background}.
 These commands prompt in the minibuffer for a face name and a color
 name, with completion, and then set that face to use the specified
-color.
+color.  Changing the colors of the @code{default} face also changes
+the foreground and background colors on all frames, both existing and
+those to be created in the future.  (You can also set foreground and
+background colors for the current frame only; see @ref{Frame
+Parameters}.)
 
   Emacs 21 can correctly display variable-width fonts, but Emacs
 commands that calculate width and indentation do not know how to