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From: Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:49:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r8cf9c3e.fsf@defun.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9c13f318.0212181346.57d66546@posting.google.com

functorx@yahoo.com (Tom) writes:

> FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>
> (defun x () "" (interactive)
> (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>
> .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.  I've
> also tried imperatively updating the string with add-text-properties,
> which also doesn't work.

Note that there's no predefined face with the name `blue'.  What you
want is something like this:

(message (propertize "hello" 'face '(foreground-color . "blue")))

      parent reply	other threads:[~2002-12-18 22:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-18 21:46 Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ? Tom
2002-12-18 22:34 ` John Paul Wallington
2002-12-18 22:49 ` Jesper Harder [this message]

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