From: "Miles Bader" <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bind faces?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 11:16:59 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc339e4a0605131916i3a74c85cg1013004eec0e3125@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICGEAIDGAA.drew.adams@oracle.com>
On 5/14/06, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> Why exactly do you want to do this?
>
> I thought I explained that. As an analogy to binding variables with `let'
> and functions with `flet', we would bind faces. 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?"
My impression is that faces in general reflect a more permanent sort
of state, and that the idea of "binding" face definitions is a bit
alien to the way they are used.
-Miles
--
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-14 2:16 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 [this message]
2006-05-14 3:13 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-14 4:10 ` David Kastrup
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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