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Minor clarifications.

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Richard M. Stallman 2002-02-14 01:38:21 +00:00
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@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ terminals. @xref{Display Custom}.
@item mode-line-inactive
Like @code{mode-line}, but used for mode lines of the windows other
than the selected one (if @code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows} is
non-@code{nil}).
non-@code{nil}). This face inherits from @code{mode-line}, so changes
in that face affect mode lines in all windows.
@item header-line
Similar to @code{mode-line} for a window's header line. Most modes
don't use the header line, but the Info mode does.
@ -790,13 +791,16 @@ Emacs.mode-line.AttributeBox: off
@end example
@cindex non-selected windows, mode line appearance
@vindex mode-line-in-non-selected-windows
By default, the mode line of non-selected windows is displayed in a
By default, the mode line of nonselected windows is displayed in a
different face, called @code{mode-line-inactive}. Only the selected
window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face. When you type at
the minibuffer prompt, the window in @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}
is considered to be the selected window. You can disable this
behavior by setting the value of the variable
window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face. This helps show
which window is selected. When the minibuffer is selected, since
it has no mode line, the window from which you activated the minibuffer
has its mode line displayed using @code{mode-line}; as a result,
ordinary entry to the minibuffer does not change any mode lines.
@vindex mode-line-in-non-selected-windows
You can disable use of @code{mode-line-inactive} by setting variable
@code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows} to @code{nil}; then all mode
lines are displayed in the @code{mode-line} face.