find face in use at point

find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

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.

RE: find face in use at point

[Drew Adams]

Command `describe-text-properties'.

Another quick way: C-mouse-2 brings up the facemenu menu. Menu item Describe
Properties does the same thing as `describe-text-properties': it describes
all text properties at the cursor position. (Note: not at the mouse-pointer
position.)

You might also be interested in library facemenu+.el, which enhances the
facemenu menu a bit (e.g. gives you text properties at mouse pointer). It is
available here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/facemenu%2b.el.

HTH.

    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.

Re: find face in use at point

[Alan Mackenzie]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> 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:

  (global-set-key [?\C-c ?p] 'list-text-properties-at)

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Re: find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> 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-<spc>  none of the completions show the word text at all
M-x list-text-properties-at <RET> [no match]

RE: find face in use at point

[Drew Adams]

    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.

In Emacs 22, you don't even need to do that. When `describe-text-properties'
shows the face name, just click it. That takes you to its Customize buffer.

Re: find face in use at point

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.02.2006 um 19:26 schrieb Harry Putnam:

> Find the name of the face in use at point.

C-u C-x = -- is it this?

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Re: find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 15.02.2006 um 19:26 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>
>> Find the name of the face in use at point.
>
> C-u C-x = -- is it this?

That does the job too but has a lot of output not needed for face
customization ... so much so that overlooked that it even gave the
actual face.  So yes that will do it too.   Thanks

Re: find face in use at point

[Stefan Monnier]

> I used to know how to do this:
> Find the name of the face in use at point.

If the purpose is to customize it, then M-x customize-face will do the trick
(the default face is the face at point).


        Stefan

Re: find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I used to know how to do this:
>> Find the name of the face in use at point.
>
> If the purpose is to customize it, then M-x customize-face will do the trick
> (the default face is the face at point).

Haa nicer yet.  Thanks
I hadn't noticied it inserted the face at point

Re: find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Command `describe-text-properties'.

Haa, thats the critter I as after.  Thanks.. This one goes to my
snippets file, maybe I'll be able to find it next time.

> Another quick way: C-mouse-2 brings up the facemenu menu.

Cool, thats even quicker.
[,,,]

Re: find face in use at point

[David Combs]

In article <874q305hur.fsf@newsguy.com>,
Harry Putnam  <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Command `describe-text-properties'.
>
>Haa, thats the critter I as after.  Thanks.. This one goes to my
>snippets file, maybe I'll be able to find it next time.
>
>> Another quick way: C-mouse-2 brings up the facemenu menu.
>
>Cool, thats even quicker.
>[,,,]

What, hold down control-key, press middle mouse-key?

All I get is a beep.   (crosshairs are over a colored letter in dired)

Am using 21.3.2.

Ditto for 22.0.50.1.

What am I doing wrong?

David

RE: find face in use at point

[Drew Adams]

    >> Another quick way: C-mouse-2 brings up the facemenu menu.

    What, hold down control-key, press middle mouse-key?

Yes.

    All I get is a beep.   (crosshairs are over a colored letter in dired)
    Am using 21.3.2.
    Ditto for 22.0.50.1.
    What am I doing wrong?

Did you start with "emacs -q --no-site-file"? If not, you might be loading
other code that interferes with this. It should work in both Emacs 21 and
22.

Re: find face in use at point

[Harry Putnam]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> You might also be interested in library facemenu+.el, which enhances the
> facemenu menu a bit (e.g. gives you text properties at mouse pointer). It is
> available here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/facemenu%2b.el.

This pkg needs other non-stock el files to work. like doremi-frm.el
and I think some other stuff, so it can't just be loaded and used.
Too bad too because it looks nice.

RE: find face in use at point

[Drew Adams]

    > You might also be interested in library facemenu+.el, which 
    > enhances the facemenu menu a bit (e.g. gives you text
    > properties at mouse pointer). It is available here: 
    > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/facemenu%2b.el.
    
    This pkg needs other non-stock el files to work. like doremi-frm.el
    and I think some other stuff, so it can't just be loaded and used.

Correct.

    Too bad too because it looks nice.

Well, it's not the end of the world to load non-stock libraries ;-).