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changeset 38832:ce6b6f1fd86f
Correct description of `mode-line-inverse-video'.
| author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:06:15 +0000 |
| parents | 0bfe38cafe33 |
| children | 5ddaed302dc3 |
| files | etc/NEWS man/display.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Wed Aug 15 14:57:20 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Wed Aug 15 17:06:15 2001 +0000 @@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ the window to be partially obscured.) The variable `mode-line-inverse-video', which was used in older -versions of emacs to make the mode-line stand out, now defaults to nil, -and its use is deprecated. +versions of emacs to make the mode-line stand out, is now deprecated. +However, setting it to nil will cause the `mode-line' face to be +ignored, and mode-lines to be drawn using the default text face. +++ ** Mouse-sensitive mode line.
--- a/man/display.texi Wed Aug 15 14:57:20 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Wed Aug 15 17:06:15 2001 +0000 @@ -785,10 +785,10 @@ The variable @code{mode-line-inverse-video} is an obsolete way of controlling whether the mode line is displayed in inverse video; the preferred way of doing this is to change the @code{mode-line} face. -@xref{Mode Line}. If you specify the foreground color for the -@code{mode-line} face, and @code{mode-line-inverse-video} is -non-@code{nil}, then the default background color for that face is the -usual foreground color. @xref{Faces}. +@xref{Mode Line}. However, if @code{mode-line-inverse-video} has a +value of @code{nil}, then the @code{mode-line} face will be ignored, +and mode-lines will be drawn using the default text face. +@xref{Faces}. @vindex inverse-video If the variable @code{inverse-video} is non-@code{nil}, Emacs attempts