buffer name face

buffer name face

[Sean Sieger]

How do you change the color of the buffer name in the mode line?  In tty
on Ubuntu 9.10, it's a pale grey that I can't really see.

I've been searching the manual, the elisp manual, emacswiki and once
again, I can't come up with the right search terms.

RE: buffer name face

[Drew Adams]

> How do you change the color of the buffer name in the mode 
> line?  In tty on Ubuntu 9.10, it's a pale grey that I can't really see.
> 
> I've been searching the manual, the elisp manual, emacswiki and once
> again, I can't come up with the right search terms.

Dunno about tty, but otherwise, customizing face `mode-line-buffer-id' should
solve the problem.

Re: buffer name face

[Juanma Barranquero]

> How do you change the color of the buffer name in the mode line?  In tty
> on Ubuntu 9.10, it's a pale grey that I can't really see.

The buffer name is controlled by the buffer-local variable
mode-line-buffer-identification.

You can set it directly, but if you want to set its color and also
preserve the help, local-map, etc, you can try something like this:

(let* ((bid (propertized-buffer-identification "%12b"))
       (bstr (car bid)))
  (add-text-properties 0 (length bstr) '(face (:foreground "black"
:background "orange")) bstr)
  (setq-default mode-line-buffer-identification bid))


Hope this helps,

    Juanma

Re: buffer name face

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 21:30, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> Dunno about tty, but otherwise, customizing face `mode-line-buffer-id' should
> solve the problem.

Or you can do this, which is easier :-)

I use the other method because I do change also the length of the
buffer name, etc. i.e., I use "%b" instead of "%12b".

    Juanma

Re: buffer name face

[Sean Sieger]

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:

    On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 21:30, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

    > Dunno about tty, but otherwise, customizing face
    > `mode-line-buffer-id' should solve the problem.

    Or you can do this, which is easier :-)

    I use the other method because I do change also the length of the
    buffer name, etc. i.e., I use "%b" instead of "%12b".

Thank you, guys.

Re: buffer name face

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.12.2009 um 20:57 schrieb Sean Sieger:

> How do you change the color of the buffer name in the mode line?  In  
> tty
> on Ubuntu 9.10, it's a pale grey that I can't really see.



In GNU Emacs 22 I have this customisation:

  '(mode-line ((t (:background "DeepSkyBlue1" :foreground  
"black" :height 1.25 :family "courier"))))
  '(mode-line-inactive ((t (:inherit mode-line :background  
"PaleTurquoise1" :foreground "grey20" :box (:line-width -1 :color  
"grey75") :weight light :family "profontwindows"))))

The difference between an active and an inactive buffer is not  
visible, also the font change. The mode-line is pretty well visible  
and the black text too.

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Re: buffer name face

[Sean Sieger]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

    In GNU Emacs 22 I have this customisation:

     '(mode-line ((t (:background "DeepSkyBlue1" :foreground "black"
    :height 1.25 :family "courier"))))
     '(mode-line-inactive ((t (:inherit mode-line :background
    "PaleTurquoise1" :foreground "grey20" :box (:line-width -1 :color
    "grey75") :weight light :family "profontwindows"))))

    The difference between an active and an inactive buffer is not
    visible, also the font change. The mode-line is pretty well visible
    and the black text too.

Thanks for this, Peter; I'll experiment with it.