@cindex non-selected windows, mode line appearance
@vindex mode-line-in-non-selected-windows
By default, the mode line of non-selected windows is displayed in a
-different face, called @code{mode-line-inactive}. You can control
-this behavior by customizing the value of the variable
-@code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows}. If its value is
-non-@code{nil}, non-selected windows are displayed in the
-@code{mode-line-inactive} face. If the value is @code{t}, the
-selected window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face even when
-you type at the minibuffer prompt. If the value is @code{nil}, all
-mode lines are displayed in the @code{mode-line} face, even when the
-window is not selected. The default is @code{t}.
+different face, called @code{mode-line-inactive}. Only the selected
+window is displayed in the @code{mode-line} face. When you type at
+the minibuffer prompt, the window in @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}
+is considered to be the selected window. You can disable this
+behavior by setting the value of the variable
+@code{mode-line-in-non-selected-windows} to @code{nil}; then all mode
+lines are displayed in the @code{mode-line} face.
@node Text Display
@section How Text Is Displayed
+2002-02-13 Kim F. Storm <no-spam@cua.dk>
+
+ * window.c: (Vmode_line_in_non_selected_windows): Removed.
+ (mode_line_in_non_selected_windows): New variable.
+ (syms_of_window): DEFVAR_BOOL it.
+
+ * dispextern.h (CURRENT_MODE_LINE_FACE_ID_3): Use
+ mode_line_in_non_selected_windows.
+ (mode_line_in_non_selected_windows): Declare extern.
+ (Vmode_line_in_non_selected_windows): Removed extern.
+
2002-02-13 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
* keyboard.c (Fthis_command_keys, Fthis_command_keys_vector)