Re: Operation of format-mode-line

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 at 5:48 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:37:38 +0000
> > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > On Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 at 11:08 PM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote:
> > 
> > > > (format-mode-line mode-line-buffer-identification)
> > > > 
> > > > The documentation states that
> > > > 
> > > > "Format a string out of a mode line format specification."
> > > > 
> > > > But what does that mean ? What is actually returned ?
> > > 
> > > The formatted string.
> > 
> > In the context of (format-mode-line mode-line-buffer-identification)
> > what is the formatted string ?
> 
> 
> The string produced by following the mode-line format. It's similar
> to what you see on the mode line itself.
> 
> > Is it the buffer name together with the text properties for display
> > by the modeline.
> 
> 
> More or less, yes.
> 
> > Seems that the text properties are the same for each character.
> 
> 
> They are not.

If the buffer name is provodilac.el, what is the difference in text proporties
between the different characters ?  I see there are faces and code for mouse 
action whether I use position 0, 1, 2, etc.