From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: find face in use at point Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:18:59 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <878xsc5hy4.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87vevg5vi0.fsf@newsguy.com> <4m60td.46.ln@acm.acm> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140055970 1530 80.91.229.2 (16 Feb 2006 02:12:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 16 03:12:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9YdP-0006v2-OT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:12:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9YZT-0001ph-LR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:08:39 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news2 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p-830.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3FGSPBwVWO+9HhQu8uA8TwyWsbE= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137593 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33219 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Harry Putnam wrote on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:26:15 -0600: >> I used to know how to do this: > >> Find the name of the face in use at point. > >> Especially in gnus message headers, then with that information one >> could go to customize-apropos, plug in the name and go diretly to that >> customization buffer. > >> Anyone know what command I'm thinking of? My search strings in M-x >> apropos have not born fruit. > > Hi, Harry! > > I don't think there is any such function, as such. There is a command > which returns all properties at point. I bind it to C-c p thusly: Yeah there is. Drew just posted it. Command `describe-text-properties' That gives the face name so you can plug it into customize-face and go right to it. > (global-set-key [?\C-c ?p] 'list-text-properties-at) I don't have this ... I'm running fairly recent cvs emacs. GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 [...] M-x list- none of the completions show the word text at all M-x list-text-properties-at [no match]