From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Riel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: face properties in messages Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 23:35:24 -0700 Message-ID: <20130528233524.4ba1fafc@gauss> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1369809365 14171 80.91.229.3 (29 May 2013 06:36:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 06:36:05 +0000 (UTC) To: Help GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 29 08:36:03 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UhZzO-0007cE-SZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 08:36:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UhZzO-00046A-G0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 02:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57557) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UhZz0-00045v-FD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 02:35:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UhZyv-0003M0-No for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 02:35:38 -0400 Original-Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:46607) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UhZyv-0003LT-J1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 May 2013 02:35:33 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=cYNQXw/M c=1 sm=0 a=GGzZdJT2oJO+GUpSCk/8YQ==:17 a=A67dEwaWxOsA:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=GT2AfTCiwRkA:10 a=3-Ecu3nJ6GGwmRAfRj0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=GGzZdJT2oJO+GUpSCk/8YQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 66.75.5.27 Original-Received: from [66.75.5.27] ([66.75.5.27:52808] helo=gauss) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id CA/85-11869-2B1A5A15; Wed, 29 May 2013 06:35:30 +0000 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 75.180.132.120 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91121 Archived-At: How can I display a message in the echo area with a special face, to highlight it? The elisp info states that text properties affect the display, but the text and property appear literally, in the normal face. For example (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'bold)) displays as #("hello" 0 5 (face bold)) -- Joe Riel