From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bold by moving pixels problem Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 09:02:07 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030107140207.GA10338@gnu.org> References: <5xfzsvqzqx.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk><5xu1ha42xc.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5xsmw5xlxg.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041966825 26852 80.91.224.249 (7 Jan 2003 19:13:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:13:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18VzAT-0006yP-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 20:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18VzFA-0002DQ-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 20:18:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Vz7e-0003mG-06 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 14:10:46 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VuPB-0007eD-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:08:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VuOf-0007Zv-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VuIx-0006QZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:02:07 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18VuIx-0002qJ-00; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:02:07 -0500 Original-To: "Kim F. Storm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5xsmw5xlxg.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Original-cc: bob@rattlesnake.com X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10530 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10530 On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 12:02:19PM +0100, Kim F. Storm wrote: > > A while back I toyed with the idea of using face-vectors as `anonymous' > > faces, since it's often a pain to have to name a face. ... > > That way, functions in realize-face-filter-functions could still accept > > face- vectors, avoiding the plist translation step, but also use the same > > familiar face functions that users already know about; this seems like a > > huge win to me... > > Did you try to implement this? I actually did so a long time ago but never went further, so maybe I can dig up the patch I made. The problem is that the signal/mouse-face problem I ran into make it a bit dangerous to add the face-filtering feature in general, until that's solved somehow. -Miles -- 80% of success is just showing up. --Woody Allen