From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: kill ring menu Date: 08 May 2002 16:48:18 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1020022891.27106.142.camel@space-ghost> <200204290505.g3T55t006146@aztec.santafe.edu> <1020059236.31789.358.camel@space-ghost> <200204300519.g3U5Js306727@aztec.santafe.edu> <1020320725.27616.54.camel@space-ghost> <200205031825.g43IPuD00768@aztec.santafe.edu> <1020502030.5286.25.camel@space-ghost> <200205051746.g45Hk5P01808@aztec.santafe.edu> <1020662101.5288.76.camel@space-ghost> <87helleq50.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <1020725723.5138.127.camel@space-ghost> <1020743734.5288.153.camel@space-ghost> <200205072007.g47K7bv04781@aztec.santafe.edu> <1020803891.5288.198.camel@space-ghost> <878z6vtrqr.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <1020837914.1291.390.camel@space-ghost> <1020843365.1289.679.camel@space-ghost> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020844279 13265 127.0.0.1 (8 May 2002 07:51:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 07:51:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 175MEJ-0003Rj-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 09:51:19 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 175MMK-0005W8-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 09:59:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 175MEG-0004ul-00; Wed, 08 May 2002 03:51:16 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 175MBn-0004oI-00; Wed, 08 May 2002 03:48:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g487maV20457; Wed, 8 May 2002 16:48:37 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g487mZR13159; Wed, 8 May 2002 16:48:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g487mJr11245; Wed, 8 May 2002 16:48:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g487mJK18578; Wed, 8 May 2002 16:48:19 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id F34EB3722; Wed, 8 May 2002 16:48:18 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Colin Walters System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <1020843365.1289.679.camel@space-ghost> Original-Lines: 15 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:3708 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3708 Colin Walters writes: > > why not just add a variable that tells the redisplay engine to > > ignore face properties for the buffer (it should probably keep paying > > attention to overlays)? > > And then M-x font-lock-mode would toggle that variable? I can't think > of a flaw in that solution. Yes; I definitely like this idea more than > my patch. The biggest flaw that I can think of is that many modes use overlays to add faces, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to turn them off. -Miles -- "1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"