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I've just installed powerline to update my emacs looks for the 21. century. I like it, but I'm bothered that the modified-buffer indicator is just a simple, barely discernible asterisk.

Is there a way to make the fact that the buffer is modified to be more eye-catching?

My config up to now is very simple:

(use-package powerline :config (setq powerline-display-buffer-size nil) (setq powerline-display-mule-info nil) (setq powerline-display-hud nil) (which-function-mode) (when (display-graphic-p) (powerline-default-theme)))

Is there a simple way to change certain faces without creating custom poweline themes (I also don't like the color of the (which-function-mode) output.

Thank you very much!

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  • Please provide a link to "Powerline". That can help others help you. Commented Dec 20, 2015 at 21:55

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  • I use spaceline.

    Basically it's built on top of powerline and let you build your mode-line by adding several segments one after the other (in both left and right sections).

    For instance, the following segment: (major-mode :face highlight-face) will insert the current major mode and apply a special face to it. This face highlight-face changes following several criterias. You can customize spaceline-modified, spaceline-read-only and spaceline-unmodified faces to fix your issue.

  • If you still want to use powerline, you need to do what spaceline already does. That is to check for buffer status and apply the face you want. See buffer-read-only and buffer-modified-p.

Here is how my mode-line looks like:

Normal enter image description here Modified enter image description here Read-only enter image description here Helm enter image description here

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  • It isn't clear to me how exactly to get spaceline to produce something like your screeshots. Could you share your config? Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 0:14
  • Sure, there you go. :-) Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 6:29
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I had the same issue. Here is my spaceline configuration in totality to achieve the modified buffer objective:

 (require 'spaceline-config) (spaceline-emacs-theme) (setq spaceline-highlight-face-func 'spaceline-highlight-face-modified)

Then customize the face, say, via M-x customize or:

(custom-set-faces '(spaceline-modified ((t (:background "OrangeRed" :foreground "#3E3D31" :inherit (quote mode-line))))))
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