Re: Idea: Be able to use text properties as face attributes

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> This said, I think using face attributes is a bad idea.
> Reason?  I can be convinced, but only by reasons.

Faces (and face attributes) are handled by the display engine, which is
a delicate and performance sensitive piece of code.  Messing with that
is tricky and can easily impose serious performance problems.

> locations.  But my proposal is purposely aimed at
> FACES and where they are applied, for the reasons
> given above.  It's not _only_ about packaging text
> props together to act on them in an abstract way.

I'd rather use another property, and then make font-lock use that new
property instead.


        Stefan