>> This is correct. Since mode-line has the non-nil :inverse-video >> attribute, its foreground and background colors should be inverted. > > I see, thanks for the explanation. It's somewhat confusing that setting > the face foreground actually changes the background on ttys--I > understand the logic, but it's surprising.
Perhaps the behavior of the :inverse-video face attribute is what is confusing. It uses the swapped foreground and background colors for actual display. > How are application writers supposed to handle this if they want the > mode line to "look similar" in X and on ttys? Use `face-inverse-video-p' > to invert values if needed? Application writers can specify the same face attributes on X and on ttys. So if :inverse-video was off on X, turn it off on tty too, and vice versa. >> Since this change causes questions, maybe it should be mentioned in >> etc/NEWS? > > Definitely. In which NEWS section would you expect to find this fix? Possible candidates: * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1 ** Face changes or * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1 or * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1 -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/ _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
