Re: Different buffer background depending on if window active

[Johan Bockgård]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> I've always wanted to have the currently active window in Emacs have a
>> different background color to see which one I'm currently "in" easier.
>>  One could imagine this as a part of a much larger change to have a
>> whole set of different parameters depending on the currently active
>> window.
>
>> Has this feature been requested before?  Would it be cumbersome to
>> implement?  Is it desirable at all?  Can this be hacked together using
>> simple Emacs Lisp?
>
> It can probably be hacked together with a post-command-hook (or
> a timer), together with face-remapping-alist.

Changing the background through face-remapping-alist currently only
works for the text portion of the buffer, not for the actual window.