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From: Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Creating a custom face for a variable shown in global-mode-string?
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:09:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o72279p2.fsf@mccd.space> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874j3u7wj4.fsf@web.de> (message from Michael Heerdegen on Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:56:15 +0100)


I was trying to figure out how to do both but couldn't find it in the
emacs manual.

Thanks for the pointers, I'll have a look! 

-- 
Marc

On Mon, Nov 25 2024, Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space> writes:
>
>> (push '(ctrl-lock-state " [CTRL] " "") global-mode-string)
>> [...]
>> Is there a way to change the color of it, so it is shown in a red and
>> bold color?
>
> Is the question about how to create a face, or how to attach it?
>
> I assume you ask about the latter: please look at
>
>    (info "(elisp) Properties in Mode")
>
> in the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual then.  You will probably want to
> use a :propertize construct specifying a 'face' text property.
>
>
> Michael.



      reply	other threads:[~2024-11-26  7:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-24 11:57 Creating a custom face for a variable shown in global-mode-string? Marc Coquand
2024-11-25 22:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2024-11-26  7:09   ` Marc Coquand [this message]

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