Drew Adams writes: >> Not sure what it is. It seems to be orthogonal to "emacs >> --reverse-video", and has no effect when I try setting it manually in a >> running session, nor when I run "emacs --eval='(setq inverse-video t)' >> -Q -nw". >> >> It was removed from the manual here: >> b4a1a8b278 2010-03-02 Chong Yidong * frames.texi (Mouse Avoidance): >> Mention make-pointer-invisible. >> >> I also found the following: >> >> ./src/ChangeLog.9: >> >> > 2001-10-20 Miles Bader >> [...] >> > The following changes remove inverse-video support for terminals >> > that use a `magic cookie' standout mode. Due to changes in the >> > way mode-lines are displayed, such support no longer works >> > anyway, and it's probable that almost no one uses such terminals >> > anymore: >> [...] >> > 2001-04-25 Gerd Moellmann >> > >> > * faces.el (tty-handle-reverse-video): Don't set inverse-video. >> >> So I have the same question as Lars: is this just some old obsolete >> variable that should be removed? > > Why would it be obsolete? Anyway, it's in the C source code still. As I said, I can't discern any visible effects from setting it to t. By the way, the attached patch removes the variable. I'm not suggesting to install it as is, but perhaps it could be useful in figuring out what the inverse-video variable does and what to do about it. Best regards, Stefan Kangas