From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Info menus on text-mode terminals Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:35:38 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <7105-Sun28Sep2003103537+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <2914-Sat27Sep2003130207+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <200309271707.h8RH73109041@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <1438-Sat27Sep2003203832+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <200309271951.h8RJp3e09280@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064734850 22998 80.91.224.253 (28 Sep 2003 07:40:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 07:40:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gerd Moellmann , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 28 09:40:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3WAi-0007aF-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:40:48 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3WAi-0004vC-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:40:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3W9V-0007Vp-H0 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3W8l-0007Bq-O2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3W8j-00079q-6k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.15] (helo=balder.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3W8i-00076Y-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:38:44 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.149.110]) by balder.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.7-GR) with ESMTP id CTZ94459; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:38:33 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <200309271951.h8RJp3e09280@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:51:03 -0500 (CDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:16714 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16714 > Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:51:03 -0500 (CDT) > From: Luc Teirlinck > > Perform the following exercise with an emacs under X (or probably some > other window system) and with emacs -q -nw: > > Go to the scratch buffer: > > ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation. > > Then do: > > M-: (put-text-property 4 5 'display '(space :align-to 30)) > > In the regular Emacs, the "T" gets replaced by a bunch whitespace, as > expected, but for emacs -nw, nothing happens, although C-u C-x = on > "T" shows that it really has the correct display property, it just has > no effect. > > Does anybody know whether this is actually _supposed_ to work? Gerd, could you please help us here? TIA