Re: How to color full line in dired

[Kai Großjohann]

Astrid Kuhr <kuhr@ica1.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:

> Hello!
>
> Thank you for the information.
>> 
>> (defface font-lock-dired-link-face
>>   '((t (:foreground "Firebrick" :bold t)))
>>   "Face used for symlinks in dired.")
>
> I tried this:
>
> (defface ak-dir-face
>   '((t (:foreground "Firebrick" :bold t)))
>   "Face used for directories in dired.")
>
> (let*()
>   (setq 
>    dired-font-lock-keywords 
>    (list '("^..d.* \\([^ ]+\\)$" . ak-dir-face))
>   )
> )
>
> But then I get the errormessage: Symbols value as
> variable is void: ak-dir-face.
>
> Must I add something else?

Oh, boy.  This shouldn't happen.  Anyway, maybe you can work around
it by including

    (defvar ak-dir-face 'ak-dir-face)

together with the defface statement.

kai
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