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Tom wrote:

>  FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>  
>  (defun x () "" (interactive)
>  (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>  
>  .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.

Is there a `blue' face?  You can do M-x list-faces-display to see
which faces are defined.

-- 
John Paul Wallington