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(elisp)Inverse Video

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Inverse Video
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 - User Option: inverse-video
     This variable controls whether Emacs uses inverse video for all
     text on the screen.  Non-`nil' means yes, `nil' means no.  The
     default is `nil'.

 - User Option: mode-line-inverse-video
     This variable controls the use of inverse video for mode lines and
     menu bars.  If it is non-`nil', then these lines are displayed in
     inverse video.  Otherwise, these lines are displayed normally,
     just like other text.  The default is `t'.

     For window frames, this feature actually applies the face named
     `mode-line'; that face is normally set up as the inverse of the
     default face, unless you change it.