CompuServe Messages

you can change the color registers used for displaying the text and its background, as well as the mode line and its background. You can also select the way the text (or mode line) is displayed (i.e. plain, bold, italic, underline, or inverse video). You can do all that using the commands: set-text-forground, set-text-background, set-text-rendition, set-mode-forground, set-mode-background, set-mode-rendition. You type these commands at the M-x prompt (hit Esc X to get that). Experiment with these commands and you'll see what I mean. – Steve –