DECLARATION¶
A face refers how the specified text is displayed, it has a
foreground color, a background color, and some attributes. The value of a
face has the following format:
fg_color[,bg_color][+attributes]
fg_color, bg_color
a color whose value can be expressed in the following
formats:
black, red, green, yellow,
blue, magenta, cyan, white
a named color
default
keep the existing color
rgb:RRGGBB
hexadecimal value
attributes
string whose individual letters set an attribute:
u
underline
r
reverse
b
bold
B
blink
d
dim
i
italic
e
exclusive, override previous faces instead of merging
with them
BUILTIN FACES¶
The following default faces are used by color schemes to highlight
certain areas of the user interface:
Default
default colors
PrimarySelection
main selection face for every selected character except
the cursor
SecondarySelection
secondary selection face for every selected character
except the cursor
PrimaryCursor
cursor of the primary selection
SecondaryCursor
cursor of the secondary selection
LineNumbers
face used by the number_lines highlighter
LineNumberCursor
face used to highlight the line number of the main
selection
MenuForeground
face for the selected element in menus
MenuBackground
face for the not selected elements in menus
MenuInfo
face for additional information for elements in
menus
Information
face for the information windows and information
messages
Error
face of error messages
StatusLine
face used for the status line
StatusLineMode
face used for the current mode except the normal
mode
StatusLineInfo
face used for special information
StatusLineValue
face used for special values (numeric prefixes,
registers, etc.)
StatusCursor
face used for the status line cursor
Prompt
face used prompt displayed on the status line
MatchingChar
face used by the show_matching highlighter
BufferPadding
face applied on the characters that follow the last line
of a buffer
Whitespace
face used by the show_whitespaces highlighter