From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: why does occur depropertize matching lines? Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:08:17 -0800 Message-ID: References: <92a5eb47041208114417af4097@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102536530 31016 80.91.229.6 (8 Dec 2004 20:08:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:08:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 21:08:34 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cc870-0004ln-00 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:08:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc8Gr-0004D5-P2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:18:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc8Gl-0004Cc-1j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:18:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc8Gk-0004BQ-Ca for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:18:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cc8Gj-0004BL-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:18:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.2.201] (helo=inet-mail1.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1Cc86r-0000XH-69 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:08:25 -0500 Original-Received: from inet-mail1.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet-mail1.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id iB8K8MOo005543; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:08:22 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.191.50]) by inet-mail1.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id iB8K8Ju7005501; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:08:20 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id iB8K8Ion003506; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:08:19 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-84-174.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.84.174]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id iB8K8H8x003496 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:08:18 -0700 Original-To: "Josh Varner" , X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <92a5eb47041208114417af4097@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:30888 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30888 > Most faces don't change background color. Only very special faces > (that are very rarely used in buffers on which occur is usually > called) have background different from default. > > Yes, most such faces are used for temporary highlighting. > > I don't think these assumptions should be made. Users can define faces (for > font-lock or anything else) any way they want, including changing the > background. > If you don't want the face changed why not add an overlay arrow like in gdb mode? Sorry, I don't understand what you are suggesting. Don't want what face changed? My point was that we should not assume that most faces do not change the background color ("very rarely") and that most such faces are only for temporary highlighting (vs, for instance, font-locking).