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22.2.1: global-font-lock-mode does not turn off colors: ido.el, minibuffer prompt

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From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2459: 22.2.1: global-font-lock-mode does not turn off colors: ido.el, minibuffer prompt
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:31:49 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Jari Aalto wrote:
>
>>     After global-font-lock-mode is turned off:
>>
>>     - ido-mode still displays completions in color.
>>     - Minibuffer prompt's text is still displayed in color.
>
> These features, and several other places that use colour, are not
> implemented using font-lock, so toggling global-font-lock-mode has no
> effect. In this specific case, you can set ido-use-faces and customize
> the minibuffer-prompt face.

Perhaps those can be teach to obey global-font-lock-mode settings.
It is not feasible to have to configure those separately.

> AFAIK there is no simple way to say "give me an entirely monochromatic
> Emacs".

It used to.

Jari

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