From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should read-file-name not respect text properties in its input string?
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:44:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzlpezfjh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004a01c8d3d7$77c815d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:46:15 -0700")
>> > I already said I don't have any particular example in mind.
>> > The logic and reasons are essentially the same as for
>> > `completing-read', however - see the
>> > referenced 2007 thread.
>>
>> Could you sumarize it or give an URL for it?
> Irrelevant, as I said, because `read-file-name' will automatically
> work if the job is finished for `completing-read'.
I did read what you wrote, so I meant a summary about completing-readm
not about read-file-name.
>> If from the minibuffer text (the only reliable choice), what kind of
>> properties would these be, who would put them there?
> If the input text comes from choosing a candidate (e.g. mouse-2, TAB
> completion), then whatever properties the candidate has. If the input
> comes from the user yanking propertized text, then whatever properties
> that yanked text has. Even if the user uses facemenu in the minibuffer
> to change the face of text s?he inputs, and then types text with that
> face, then whatever properties that text has.
> However the input text happens to become propertized, it should retain
> its properties when it is returned from `completing-read' (and so from
> `read-file-name' also).
So, again, what kind of properties would these be?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-21 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-20 22:30 should read-file-name not respect text properties in its input string? Drew Adams
2008-06-21 2:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-21 4:59 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-21 18:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-21 19:46 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-21 20:34 ` should read-file-name not respect text properties in its inputstring? Drew Adams
2008-06-21 20:44 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-06-21 23:02 ` should read-file-name not respect text properties in its input string? Drew Adams
2008-06-22 1:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-22 3:09 ` Drew Adams
2008-06-22 7:17 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-22 8:30 ` Drew Adams
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