From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob@bb.nothome.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: status line color Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:43:10 -0600 Message-ID: <878wk2sxpd.fsf@bb.nothome.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244468498 8453 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2009 13:41:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:41:38 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 08 15:41:36 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MDf6U-0000mE-QP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:41:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47858 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDf6L-0003Pu-TM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:41:25 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe10.ams2.POSTED!800a5453!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aOYJnaHCTlfky9HI7qcKpbKqUL8= Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@WWWSpace.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:43:10 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:169808 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:65040 Archived-At: Bettina Kraus writes: > in my fresh Linux installation, the status line of Emacs > (the line which shows the current line number etc.) Emacs calls this the mode-line. > is by default dark blue, so that I cannot read anything > that is printed in this line. How can I change the > background color of the status line? Emacs calls these fonts and color attributes "faces". You can see what your current default faces are with M-x list-display-colors. To change faces, use your menu. F10 > o > 0 > f RTRN ....which will give your all your faces to change. Make sure you save your change: F10 > o > o This will put an entry in your ~/.emacs file. If you don't have that file, create it. Check the entry. Should look something like this: (minibuffer-prompt ((t (:foreground "cyan3"))))) In this case, my change is for the minibuffer. You can change a lot of faces with these .emacs entries. nb