# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 979923554 0
# Node ID 1777865bdb988a0f8090c9dc95dcdc9b382c12ca
# Parent  2976213126765858e4f60fd2f7c4dced3b49ea37
(Optional Mode Line): Explain how to turn off the 3D appearence of
the mode line.

diff -r 297621312676 -r 1777865bdb98 man/display.texi
--- a/man/display.texi	Fri Jan 19 16:49:04 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/display.texi	Fri Jan 19 16:59:14 2001 +0000
@@ -313,6 +313,30 @@
 line.  You can customize @code{display-time-mail-face} to make the mail
 indicator prominent.
 
+@cindex mode line, 3D appearence
+@cindex attributes of mode line, changing
+@cindex non-integral number of lines in a window
+  By default, the mode line is drawn on graphics displays as a 3D
+released button.  Depending on the font used for the mode line's text,
+this might make the mode line use more space than a text line in a
+window, and cause the last line of the window be partially obscured.
+That is, the window displays a non-integral number of text lines.  If
+you don't like this effect, you can disable the 3D appearence of the
+mode line by customizing the attributes of the @code{mode-line} face in
+your @file{.emacs} init file, like this:
+
+@example
+ (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil :box nil)
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+Alternatively, you could turn off the box attribute in your
+@file{.Xdefaults} file:
+
+@example
+ Emacs.mode-line.AttributeBox: off
+@end example
+
 @node Text Display
 @section How Text Is Displayed
 @cindex characters (in text)