From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "rgb" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I set border color in 21.3 (Win32) Date: 31 May 2005 09:38:36 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1117557516.402642.305960@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117557745 19920 80.91.229.2 (31 May 2005 16:42:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 31 18:42:23 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dd9mj-00078r-EW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2005 18:40:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dd9rq-0006eq-BN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2005 12:45:26 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews.google.com!f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.74.20.75 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1117557524 30625 127.0.0.1 (31 May 2005 16:38:44 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:38:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=198.74.20.75; posting-account=C7LM4w0AAAD23IRuMuUUJVCLQTuHhTK8 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:131637 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:27096 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27096 > >>> In emacs 21.3 under Win32 I get a 1-character wide black border on > >>> the left and right sides of the window. (The arrows indicating a > >>> wrapped or long line appear in this area.) How do I control the > >>> color of this area? > >> > >> M-x customize-face RET fringe RET. > > > > So, that area is called "fringe". Now I can set the color. > > It's not just in mythology that knowing a things true name gives you > > power over it. Thanks. > > Indeed, that is how it works in Emacs too. :-) > > Seriously, I can't think of a good way to find this out on your own. > I don't blame you for asking; the name is far from obvious. I've found that using C-h c and then clicking on some part of the screen often tells me it's name. For example in this case I get (translated from ) runs the command mouse-set-point So I know where I clicked is called .