From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Feature request] face property `raise' Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:23:16 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <67B8CED503F3D511BB9F0008C75DAD6605485575@dewdfx17> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049956066 9555 80.91.224.249 (10 Apr 2003 06:27:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 10 08:27:43 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193VXD-0002Tl-00 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:27:43 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 193Vc3-000403-00 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:32:44 +0200 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 193VWq-00051g-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193VWb-00050a-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 193VT2-0003oM-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:23:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 193VSv-0003mR-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:23:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 193VSu-0003Up-00; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:23:16 -0400 Original-To: "Wedler, Christoph" In-reply-to: <67B8CED503F3D511BB9F0008C75DAD6605485575@dewdfx17> (christoph.wedler@sap.com) Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org 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:13101 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13101 It sounds like the main reason you would rather use a face is so that you could specify a symbol and define the symbol's meaning elsewhere. Currently that can be done for the face property but not for the display property. Is that ability to refer to a symbol whose meaning is defined elsewhere the real issue?