Re: Interactive function displaying face attributes

[carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

Aug 9, 2022, 18:33 by eliz@gnu.org:

>> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 20:24:21 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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>> I am writing this function to display face attributes.  The function works interactively accepting a string from the user obtained from `completing-read'.
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> What is that string?  If it's a face, then we already have
> describe-face.
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The string is an element in the list passed in completing-read.


>> For `char-after-point' I want to display the face attribute of the
>> character after point.
>>
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> Did you try "M-x describe-text-properties"?
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No, have done `describe-face'

>> Having seen that there can be more than one face at point, what can I do?
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> No, the face at a given buffer position can have only one value.
>
If `hl-line-mode' is enabled, would that result in multiple faces at point?