From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: format-mode-line Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:52:38 -0500 Message-ID: References: <16858.35618.823283.184368@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <16860.33938.337020.736393@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <16862.15106.231358.160456@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105229333 2389 80.91.229.6 (9 Jan 2005 00:08:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 00:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , no-spam@cua.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 09 01:08:47 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CnQdT-0003Wj-00 for ; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 01:08:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CnQot-00052e-Ha for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:20:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CnQm8-0003wy-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:17:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CnQm2-0003uK-Rd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:17:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CnQm2-0003k5-GG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:17:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.47.199.166] (helo=simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CnQNv-0004VO-LX; Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:52:43 -0500 Original-Received: from empanada.home ([67.71.119.166]) by simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050108235243.DIGF1623.simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net@empanada.home>; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:52:43 -0500 Original-Received: by empanada.home (Postfix, from userid 502) id 2F2663D399C; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:52:39 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:04:19 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32057 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32057 > There is no term "base face". What he means is a face to apply > by default to any characters that don't specify some other face. > So that you would get the same face actually used in the mode line. Is it added as a `face' text-property only at those spots where the `face' property would otherwise be nil? Or is it appended to the `face' property of every character? > I think adding an argument specifying a default face for format-mode-line > is a good way to do it. That's assuming that there is a need for such a feature. I haven't seen no evidence of it. Stefan