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KAK_FACES(1) faces KAK_FACES(1)

NAME

faces - a

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