From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cannot understand Elisp manual node Glyphs Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:16:52 +0900 Message-ID: <87y7n4n5ij.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87y7n9ins4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <864ppxhw0l.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <873b5ep0z6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171203437 13483 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2007 14:17:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:17:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 11 15:17:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HGFVy-0003qi-1w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:17:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGFVx-0004Gv-EV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:17:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGFVm-0004Gg-W1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HGFVk-0004Fm-M0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:17:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HGFVk-0004Fj-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:17:00 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HGFVh-0003dY-J0; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:16:58 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-073.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.73] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1HGFVZ-0007i2-P4; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:16:49 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1AD972F40; Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:16:52 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 10 Feb 2007 19\:20\:25 -0500") Original-Lines: 19 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:66261 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > It works in display-table entries; I'm not aware of any other way to do > the same thing. > > My question is, for what specific practical purposes do people want to use > this display-table feature? I use it for my `visible-whitespace-mode' package. It uses the display-table to cause whitespace to appear as graphic characters, and puts faces on them because they should appear distinct from normal buffer text. -Miles -- "An atheist doesn't have to be someone who thinks he has a proof that there can't be a god. He only has to be someone who believes that the evidence on the God question is at a similar level to the evidence on the werewolf question." [John McCarthy]