From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luis fernandes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Feature request for `describe-char-after' Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:21:52 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <16477.53040.700494.489540@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079889809 6587 80.91.224.253 (21 Mar 2004 17:23:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:23:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 21 18:23:17 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B56fM-0006M4-00 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:23:16 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B56fH-0003wP-00 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:23:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B56fD-00047x-DD for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:23:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B56et-0003yO-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:22:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B56eK-0003jA-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:22:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [141.117.1.2] (helo=eccles.ee.ryerson.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1B56e7-0003aF-RN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:21:59 -0500 Original-Received: from zorro.ee.ryerson.ca (zorro.ee.ryerson.ca [172.16.1.124]) by eccles.ee.ryerson.ca (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2LHLqRF070575 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:21:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from elf@ee.ryerson.ca) Original-Received: (from elf@localhost) by zorro.ee.ryerson.ca (8.11.6+Sun/8.8.8) id i2LHLqO17206; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:21:52 -0500 (EST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under Emacs 21.0.106.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20689 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20689 Hello, I would like to request that, if possible, "describe-char-after" (C-u C-x =) also include the name of the face, the character being described, is rendered in. For example, if one wants to modify a particular face, one has to find the name of the face first. So, being able to place the cursor on the character in question and then quering everything about that character is very convenient.