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Subject: Re: modeline colors in emacs 24.2.1
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> From: Ken Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com>
> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:17:36 -0500
> 
> I just installed emacs 24.2.1 (on Windows 7 if that matters) and am 
> going through the usual task of porting my .emacs.
> 
> I notice that the modeline seems to be reversed.  That is, what used to 
> be the foreground is now the background and vice versa.  The text is 
> appearing in the background color.  Is this a known change?  It seems odd.

There's no change in colors of the mode line.  It's something in your
.emacs, or in Windows setup, or whatever.