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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: Different text/properties in active vs inactive mode line
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> From: sdn.gnuem@mailnull.com
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:46:51 -0400 (EDT)
> 
>     I appreciate your help so far, Eli, but I confess I am still not
> seeing all the way to the end yet.

That's okay, since I have no clear idea about what exactly you are
after, either.

> So I do not understand what you are suggesting I compare
> to selected-window in order to determine which face to use.

In the code that adds whatever you want to the mode line, compare the
window with the value returned by `selected-window'.