From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `add-face' Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:57:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87harbgnez.fsf@gnus.org> <87wr06tqj9.fsf@gnu.org> <87wr06gg30.fsf@gnus.org> <87pq5yq7sb.fsf@gnu.org> <87r4qegd3w.fsf@gnus.org> <87pq5vvgjj.fsf@gnu.org> <87bohf14s2.fsf@gnus.org> <87zk4y379i.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347281899 29121 80.91.229.3 (10 Sep 2012 12:58:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , Wolfgang Jenkner , emacs devel To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 10 14:58:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1TB3ZC-00055R-Cg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:58:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48746 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TB3Z9-0003Co-25 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TB3Z4-0003Bp-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TB3Yy-0002CI-HH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:58:10 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:28080) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TB3Yo-0002Av-N2; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:57:54 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu0+4rxAc/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIVAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgcBboJkEQDozOBWIMF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="197956294" Original-Received: from 184-175-16-28.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([184.175.16.28]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 10 Sep 2012 08:57:53 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CDDFA59219; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:57:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zk4y379i.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:07:37 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:153213 Archived-At: > This is too vague. What does "add the text properties" mean? If the > current value of a property is nil, and the argument to > add-text-properties specifies a value `foo', does the new value become > `foo' or `(foo)'? If the current value is `1', does the new value > become `(foo 1)' or something else? > And, specifically for face properties, what if the current value is a > list specifying an anonymous face, like `(:foreground "black")'? Yup, it's much better to provide a dedicated add-face-text-property. Stefan