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natto
natto

Reputation: 73

How to change the background color of the line numbers mode in emacs?

I have seen some solutions to this using linum and nlinum but is there a way to change the background color of the global line numbers mode?
I want to make the line number background the same as my normal background

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2543

Answers (3)

phils
phils

Reputation: 73274

I want to make the line number background the same as my normal background

By default it is, so you must have previously customized it to be that way (or be using a theme which made that change).

Just M-x customize-group RET display-line-numbers RET and edit the faces.

Upvotes: 3

éric
éric

Reputation: 429

Assuming you are referring to the new built-in line number display, you should customise the line-number face (M-x customize-face RET line-number RET) and untick the background option so that it defaults to the default face value.

Upvotes: 3

Alex Ott
Alex Ott

Reputation: 87174

For linum package, the decoration is defined by the linum face, so you can customize it with M-x customize-face RET linum.

for nlinum the face name is slightly different: nlinum-current-line, and you can customize it with M-x customize-face as well.

Usually you can call M-x customize-face and type the name of the package or something like, and press TAB - if face is defined it will be shown. Other way to discover faces is to call M-x customize-group and enter the name of the package - it should include faces as well. And the last resort is really to look into the source code for strings like defface - to open source code, enter M-x find-library and give the package name as argument.

Upvotes: 3

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