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		jrockway on March 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please review my web-based Emacs color theme gener... Surprisingly, it's M-x set-background-color. You can also change the background color of the default face; same thing.

stuntmouse on April 17, 2010 [–]

I should have been more specific. I'd like to change the background color of the active window to indicate which one has focus.

Your solution changes the background color for all windows.

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