From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Buffer-local faces patch
Date: 03 May 2004 13:58:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3n04pu3gx.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y8o9oilp.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp>
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:
> I tried hacking up my idea for implementing buffer-local faces, here's
> a patch.
>
> The user interface is the variable `face-remappings':
>
> Alist of face mappings.
> Each element is of the form:
> (FACE . NEW-FACE)
> or
> (FACE NEW-FACE MERGE-FACE...),
> which causes NEW-FACE to be used where FACE normally would.
> If present, MERGE-FACE... are merged during display with NEW-FACE.
>
> E.g., try evaluating the following in some buffer:
>
> (set (make-local-variable 'face-remappings) '((default . bold)))
>
> It works (or seems to!) with other special faces like mode-line, etc., too.
>
> Here's the patch; lemme know what you think:
>
Looks like a very useful feature -- and quite non-intrusive as well.
I think we can install it, and see how it works out.
I'm not sure about the name of the variable. It seems that there is
a preference to have -alist as part of alist varibles...
So what about face-map-alist or face-remap-alist ?
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-03 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-03 11:28 Buffer-local faces patch Miles Bader
2004-05-03 11:58 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2004-05-03 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-05-03 19:14 ` Miles Bader
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