From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bind faces?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 06:10:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <854pzt5jqv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICEEAKDGAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 13 May 2006 20:13:15 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> > Why exactly do you want to do this?
> >
> > I thought I explained that.... Why does anyone want
> > to bind variables and functions, as opposed to using
> > `unwind-protect', assigning new definitions, and
> > restoring afterward?
>
> "By analogy with" isn't a very compelling reason for a feature. What
> I'm asking is: "What is a real-world problem where you would need
> such a thing?"
>
> Emacs-Lisp programming. Any situation where you might want to
> redefine a face only temporarily, for use in a particular
> context. Is that hard to imagine?
That's just a restatement of what you want, but not what for. What is
a real-world problem where you would need such a thing?
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-14 4:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-13 17:54 bind faces? Drew Adams
2006-05-13 18:07 ` Chong Yidong
2006-05-13 19:40 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 2:39 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-14 0:52 ` Miles Bader
2006-05-14 1:02 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 2:16 ` Miles Bader
2006-05-14 3:13 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 4:10 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2006-05-14 2:33 ` Miles Bader
2006-05-14 13:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-14 14:32 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 14:46 ` Miles Bader
2006-05-14 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-14 18:43 ` Drew Adams
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