From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Different buffer background depending on if window active Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:55:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0905171419y12d4ff28n8bec12cdcedb93a5@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242690926 14848 80.91.229.12 (18 May 2009 23:55:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 19 01:55:19 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M6Cfu-0006PB-0b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 May 2009 01:55:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57617 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M6Cft-0008Jw-C8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6Cfo-0008Jh-Nc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6Cfj-0008Gc-9r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37633 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M6Cfj-0008GZ-6w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f209.google.com ([209.85.218.209]:50032) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M6Cfi-0003XF-IT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so3705593bwz.42 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0ue4iEpN9njaJ562cV7Y+A/aSm9GTJHmRqhUwosxIxA=; b=khzVUWow5m6W5uMZ+N3XltPUu/szOqAjm7B+x7Ilu2unEt7A6X1XMeN6O/Z0azJ3yv 4FxHNxPQ5aE/xWOa20uERIleqS4E0ZMJUK/K+0vu5v4xOYe+g/srqrSxoSWgt73H7Q7D nUW7HJ3QwC0pqimo+1vZK81wBPfC2LTjND4B0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HdG9nDkAJTtb/0/Yd+SGZki/J8yJb8WZhOh9jdYiz054DvW2D27iSRHbXTbMkT5Mc1 Q2dy38sfJI+/66d8IpdvGy5b/wtu062xCLZqg8J/H3gPBmAe0RaaGgQoSIexoHpyY3al pUlHd99mCio8IrxzvlrFVi15FEyqMt8z7P8zo= Original-Received: by 10.223.109.148 with SMTP id j20mr4690253fap.43.1242690905507; Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0905171419y12d4ff28n8bec12cdcedb93a5@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110971 Archived-At: On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Deniz Dogan w= rote: > I've always wanted to have the currently active window in Emacs have a > different background color to see which one I'm currently "in" easier. > =C2=A0One could imagine this as a part of a much larger change to have a > whole set of different parameters depending on the currently active > window. > > Has this feature been requested before? =C2=A0Would it be cumbersome to > implement? =C2=A0Is it desirable at all? =C2=A0Can this be hacked togethe= r using > simple Emacs Lisp? An alternative that you can use is to customize the faces mode-line and mode-line-inactive.