Re: info bar isn't showing anything

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:22:25 -0700 "Rich E" <reakinator@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just noticed that it is only the currently active buffer; if I have more
> than one buffer open, the info bar displays normally on the buffers not
> active.  what is going on...
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Rich E <reakinator@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>    
>     I don't know what happened, but after installing a new version of Ubuntu
>     (and keeping the same home directory, including .emacs)
>     , the bar that normal shows what file I have open an what line I'm on,
>     etc, is solid grey. 
>    
>     Does anyone know how to change the color settings?  I think the text must
>     be the same as the color of the bar or something.  What is this thing
>     called, anyway? Might make it easier for me to search for commands if I
>     knew its name.
>    
>     cheers,
>     Rich

Type `M-x (i.e. Alt-X) customize-face', then return, then at the prompt
type `mode-line'.  For the non-selected buffers type `M-x
customize-face', then return, then `mode-line-inactive' the prompt.

Steve Berman