From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12377: 24.2.50; `minibuffer-prompt-properties' should respect existing faces in prompt string Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8538abbc-b3cc-4fb3-b917-ec0c652ac729@default> References: <874mal8zyx.fsf@gnus.org> <87pot97jy0.fsf@gnus.org> <87lh3x7jde.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461889344 13743 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 00:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:22:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12377@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 02:22:11 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1avwCA-0000V8-MH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:22:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51657 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avwC9-0007Xo-NZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:22:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56175) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avwC6-0007Ve-J8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:22:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avwC2-00041G-Jr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:22:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avwC2-000416-GY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:22:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avwC2-0000re-Cg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12377 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12377-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12377.14618893083302 (code B ref 12377); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12377) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 00:21:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53764 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avwBo-0000rC-1A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:35795) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avwBn-0000r0-0t for 12377@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3T0LdZW002366 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:21:40 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3T0Lcce029348 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:21:39 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3T0LbbO030784; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:21:38 GMT In-Reply-To: <87lh3x7jde.fsf@gnus.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117139 Archived-At: Dunno why this needs to be done in C code anyway. It is OK for Emacs to make the prompt read-only, I guess (i.e., to not let = user code make it writable), though I would prefer that it just do that by = default. It is OK for Emacs to apply face `minibuffer-prompt' or whatever, by defaul= t. It is not OK for Emacs to overwrite any text properties. In general, user code should be allowed to do anything it wants to the prom= pt text. But Emacs should provide, by default, a read-only prompt with its = standard face. And it should be done in Lisp, preferably, so users can easily modify it at= will. This is Emacs. There is nothing critical for performance about set= ting up the minibuffer prompt string.