Re: modeline + appointment font color

[Kester Clegg]

Jeff Miller <jmiller@cablespeed.com> writes:

> Kester Clegg <kester@cs.york.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > My modeline warns me when I have an appointment.  It says things like:
> > 
> > ..   1:49 PM Wednesday 26 Nov App't in 11 min.   (Message MML ... etc)
> > 
> > Is there any way of changing the colour of the appt-mode-string that
> > appears in the modeline, so I actually notice it?
> 
> I think this will do it for you, in Emacs at least.  
> 
> 
> (defface appt-face
>   '((t (:foreground "red" :background "white")))
>   "Face to indicate a current appointment."
>   :group 'appt)
> 
> (defadvice appt-disp-window (before appt-hilite-more activate)
>   (when appt-mode-string
>     (put-text-property 1 (- (length appt-mode-string) 1)
>                      'face 'appt-face appt-mode-string)))
> 
> (defadvice appt-check (after appt-hilite activate)
>   (when appt-mode-string
>     (put-text-property 1 (- (length appt-mode-string) 1)
>                      'face 'appt-face appt-mode-string)
>     (force-mode-line-update)))


That's absolutely perfect - very impressive!  :-)

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Kester Clegg                            Dept. of Computer Science,
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