--- a/.emacs-my	Mon Mar 10 23:16:14 2014 +0200
+++ b/.emacs-my	Mon Mar 10 23:38:48 2014 +0200
@@ -673,6 +673,9 @@
    )
   )
 
+(when window-system
+  (set-face-attribute 'region nil :background "light blue"))
+
 (when (eq window-system 'x)
   (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)    ; for Emacs 21.2.1 and newer
   )