I don't understand enriched text

I don't understand enriched text

[Neal Becker]

I open test.txt, and put it in enriched mode: M-x enriched-mode

Now I type 'hello world' into the buffer.  Then select the text.

Now how would I, for example, make that text blue?

If I right click, text-properties, 'Face', 'Foreground color', 'Background 
color' are all disabled (grayed out).

How does this work?

Re: I don't understand enriched text

[Jambunathan K]

Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:

> I open test.txt, and put it in enriched mode: M-x enriched-mode
>
> Now I type 'hello world' into the buffer.  Then select the text.
>
> Now how would I, for example, make that text blue?

From the menu bar, choose the color with Edit->Text
Properties->Foreground Color->blue and then start typing text.

> If I right click, text-properties, 'Face', 'Foreground color', 'Background 
> color' are all disabled (grayed out).

Mark the region and change the face as above.

> How does this work?
>
>
>

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Re: I don't understand enriched text

[Neal Becker]

On Thursday, August 04, 2011, Jambunathan K wrote:
> Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:
> > I open test.txt, and put it in enriched mode: M-x enriched-mode
> > 
> > Now I type 'hello world' into the buffer.  Then select the text.
> > 
> > Now how would I, for example, make that text blue?
> 
> From the menu bar, choose the color with Edit->Text
> Properties->Foreground Color->blue and then start typing text.

But 'Face', 'Foreground Color', and 'Background Color' are all disabled.

> 
> > If I right click, text-properties, 'Face', 'Foreground color',
> > 'Background color' are all disabled (grayed out).
> 
> Mark the region and change the face as above.
> 
> > How does this work?


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Re: I don't understand enriched text

[Jambunathan K]

Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thursday, August 04, 2011, Jambunathan K wrote:
>> Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:
>> > I open test.txt, and put it in enriched mode: M-x enriched-mode
>> > 
>> > Now I type 'hello world' into the buffer.  Then select the text.
>> > 
>> > Now how would I, for example, make that text blue?
>> 
>> From the menu bar, choose the color with Edit->Text
>> Properties->Foreground Color->blue and then start typing text.
>
> But 'Face', 'Foreground Color', and 'Background Color' are all disabled.


May be it has something to do with the major mode of the buffer. What
does 

M-: mode-name 

report.

Try switching to Fundamental Mode or Text Mode before turning on the
enriched mode.

>> 
>> > If I right click, text-properties, 'Face', 'Foreground color',
>> > 'Background color' are all disabled (grayed out).
>> 
>> Mark the region and change the face as above.
>> 
>> > How does this work?

Re: I don't understand enriched text

[Neal Becker]

On Thursday, August 04, 2011, Jambunathan K wrote:
> Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Thursday, August 04, 2011, Jambunathan K wrote:
> >> Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:
> >> > I open test.txt, and put it in enriched mode: M-x enriched-mode
> >> > 
> >> > Now I type 'hello world' into the buffer.  Then select the text.
> >> > 
> >> > Now how would I, for example, make that text blue?
> >> 
> >> From the menu bar, choose the color with Edit->Text
> >> Properties->Foreground Color->blue and then start typing text.
> > 
> > But 'Face', 'Foreground Color', and 'Background Color' are all disabled.
> 
> May be it has something to do with the major mode of the buffer. What
> does
> 
> M-: mode-name
> 
> report.
> 
> Try switching to Fundamental Mode or Text Mode before turning on the
> enriched mode.
> 

Ahah!  I have

(setq auto-mode-alist
      (append '(("\\.txt$" . rst-mode)
		("\\.rst$" . rst-mode)
		("\\.rest$" . rst-mode)) auto-mode-alist))

So major-mode was rst.  If I set to txt mode first, then it works as you 
described.  Thanks.
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RE: I don't understand enriched text

[Drew Adams]

> Maybe it has something to do with the major mode of the buffer.
> Try switching to Fundamental Mode or Text Mode before turning on the
> enriched mode.

Yes, enriched mode does not play well with font-locking, in general.  You can
either switch to a different major mode, as Jambunathan suggested, or turn off
font-lock-mode: `M-x font-lock-mode'.

You might also want to check out
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FaceMenuPlus.