Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?

Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?

[Tom]

Is there some restriction that prevents me from using text properties
in messages that appear in the minibuffer? If so, does anyone know any
hacks to get around it? I know I can paste text with properties into
the minibuffer, so it can't be too serious...

Thanks a lot!

FYI, the code I'm trying is:

(defun x () "" (interactive)
(message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))

.. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.
I've also tried imperatively updating the string with
add-text-properties, which also doesn't work.

Re: Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?

[John Paul Wallington]

Tom wrote:

>  FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>  
>  (defun x () "" (interactive)
>  (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>  
>  .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.

Is there a `blue' face?  You can do M-x list-faces-display to see
which faces are defined.

-- 
John Paul Wallington

Re: Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?

[Jesper Harder]

functorx@yahoo.com (Tom) writes:

> FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>
> (defun x () "" (interactive)
> (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>
> .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.  I've
> also tried imperatively updating the string with add-text-properties,
> which also doesn't work.

Note that there's no predefined face with the name `blue'.  What you
want is something like this:

(message (propertize "hello" 'face '(foreground-color . "blue")))