Mercurial > emacs
changeset 43260:59e700c2760c
(Faces): Document the mode-line-inactive face.
(Optional Mode Line): Document the mode-line-in-non-selected-windows
variable.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:51:31 +0000 |
| parents | 71c7c34c4f6b |
| children | d91a628dadfe |
| files | man/display.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/display.texi Tue Feb 12 18:18:08 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Tue Feb 12 18:51:31 2002 +0000 @@ -100,9 +100,14 @@ @item default This face is used for ordinary text that doesn't specify any other face. @item mode-line -This face is used for mode lines. By default, it's drawn with shadows -for a ``raised'' effect on window systems, and drawn as the inverse of -the default face on non-windowed terminals. @xref{Display Custom}. +This face is used for the mode line of the currently selected window. +By default, it's drawn with shadows for a ``raised'' effect on window +systems, and drawn as the inverse of the default face on non-windowed +terminals. @xref{Display Custom}. +@item mode-line-inactive +Like @code{mode-line}, but used for mode lines of the windows other +than the selected one (if @code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows} is +non-@code{nil}). @item header-line Similar to @code{mode-line} for a window's header line. Most modes don't use the header line, but the Info mode does. @@ -784,6 +789,19 @@ Emacs.mode-line.AttributeBox: off @end example +@cindex non-selected windows, mode line appearance +@vindex mode-line-in-non-selected-windows + By default, the mode line of non-selected windows is displayed in a +different face, called @code{mode-line-inactive}. You can control +this behavior by customizing the value of the variable +@code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows}. If its value is +non-@code{nil}, non-selected windows are displayed in the +@code{mode-line-inactive} face. If the value is @code{t}, the +selected window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face even when +you type at the minibuffer prompt. If the value is @code{nil}, all +mode lines are displayed in the @code{mode-line} face, even when the +window is not selected. The default is @code{t}. + @node Text Display @section How Text Is Displayed @cindex characters (in text)