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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: nuspl@purdue.edu
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Subject: setting the default face for a mode
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>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Nuspl <nuspl@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu> writes:

Joe> Is this possible?

From my .emacs:

(add-hook
 'shell-mode-hook
 (lambda () (set-face-background 'default "midnightblue" (current-buffer))))

There oughta be a FAQ entry.

Martin

