GNU bug report logs - #12056
24.1.50; Background color in selected and non-selected windows

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Message #19 received at 12056 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12056 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12056: 24.1.50;
 Background color in selected and non-selected windows
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:54:05 +0300

> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:35:35 +0200
> 
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > Severity: wishlist.
> >
> > I'd like to be able to customize Emacs so that the selected window in
> > a frame had a different background color than the not-selected windows
> > in that frame.
> >
> > This would make the selected windows to stand out over the others,
> > thus making very easy to see where the "focus" is.
> 
> This is currently the feature that I miss the most in Emacs.  IMO, it
> would be a valuable improvement to the usability of Emacs.

Is your problem indeed with the same buffer appearing more than once
on the same frame?  Because if not, face-remapping-alist should
provide you with the infrastructure upon which you can build this
feature for you.

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