From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: describe-text-properties: it's green, but says only "text"? Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:32:07 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273005801 6391 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2010 20:43:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 20:43:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 04 22:43:20 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9OxW-00007d-BE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 22:43:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49497 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O9OvB-0005bE-JL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 16:40:49 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 77 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1271050327 14937 166.84.1.1 (12 Apr 2010 05:32:07 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:32:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:177684 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:73141 Archived-At: PLEASE -- because colors and text-properties and fontlock, etc, have been difficult for me to completely grasp, could SOMEONE say something about it, and also as relates to my post, below. I'd really appreciate it! Thanks, David In article , David Combs wrote: >8mar10: describe-text-properties: it's green, but says only "text"? > c:/Documents and Settings/David/Desktop/ntemacs23/bin: > >subj: describe-text-properties: Text is green, but says only "text"? > > c:/Documents and Settings/David/Desktop/ntemacs23/bin: > > >So I try this one on it (from info: "30.12.3 Editing Format Information"): > >`Remove Text Properties' > Delete _all_ text properties from the region > (`facemenu-remove-all'). >and it REMOVES the GREEN! > > > >----------------------- > >Just for fun, I try this on it: >`Remove Face Properties' > Delete from the region all face and color text properties > (`facemenu-remove-face-props'). > >Same result -- removes thre green coloring. > >----------------------- > > > > >So, looks like "text properties" has more than one meaning? > > >QUESTION: Is there a command that tells me at least as much as what get's REMOVED by > facemenu-remove-face-props and facemenu-remove-all. > > >What would REALLY be cool would be this: > > Suppose something displays in green. > > And it turns out that there's THREE different things map onto green, say > italic, bold, and heading. > > What would be cool would be if display text properties would be able to > say "green (due to being one or more of: italic, bold, or heading)". > > (Implementation: slow. So what? Who cares? How often is it going > to get used? Not very -- but when that info is needed, it's > *really* needed.) > > > >Suggestions? > >Thanks! > >David > >