From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yoni Rabkin Katzenell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: describe-face should show an example of text in the face. Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:32:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87wt70y82j.fsf@actcom.com> References: <87bqodmomp.fsf@actcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160987520 21521 80.91.229.2 (16 Oct 2006 08:32:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 16 10:31:59 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNt1-0005fi-PC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNt1-0008DG-5w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:31:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNsU-0008Ar-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:31:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNsS-00087Y-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:31:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNsS-000871-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GZO1W-0006Wd-VL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:40:39 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GZNsJ-0005YQ-C5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:07 +0200 Original-Received: from line134-129.adsl.actcom.co.il ([192.115.134.129]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:07 +0200 Original-Received: from yoni-r by line134-129.adsl.actcom.co.il with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: line134-129.adsl.actcom.co.il X-Ethics: Use GNU User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8qS1AhDvyodStDkWyHiBVe8DrrQ= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:60780 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > emacs/etc/TODO says: "describe-face should show an example of text in > the face." > > The attached patch against `faces.el' adds the word "sample", rendered > in the appropriate face, to the top row of the `describe-face' pop-up > buffer. > > An example result can be seen in this screenshot: > http://yrk.nfshost.com/images/faces-sample.png > > Good idea. How about showing two samples: foreground and background? Like in `list-colors-display'? If that is not what you mean then I am misunderstanding you. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"