In this thread there was a solution for highlighting the whole header line, so it stands out more from the buffer text:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/15721/ This solution was a bit too heavy, because it affected all header lines, and I didn't want all headers to be so conspicuous everywhere, so I set a background color only for top-level headers in my setup. Here's an other solution which can be used to highlight headers selectively if you want only particular headers to stand out (bigger font, background color, etc.) without affecting other headers on the same level. To highlight a header with a custom color, simply put a space to the end of the header line. (Headers with tags are not handled, because I did not need it.) (defface my-org-level-2 '((t :background "darkseagreen1")) "") (defface my-org-level-3 '((t :background "moccasin")) "") (setq my-org-level-emphasis-faces '((org-level-2 . my-org-level-2) (org-level-3 . my-org-level-3) )) (defadvice org-get-level-face (after my-org-get-level-face activate) (if (and (eq (ad-get-arg 0) 3) (equal (aref (match-string 0) (- (length (match-string 0)) (if org-fontify-whole-heading-line 2 1))) ? )) (let ((new-face (assoc-default ad-return-value my-org-level-emphasis-faces))) (if new-face (setq ad-return-value new-face))))) _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode