Re: bind faces?

[David Kastrup]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

>     >     Why exactly do you want to do this?
>     >
>     > I thought I explained that.... Why does anyone want
>     > to bind variables and functions, as opposed to using
>     > `unwind-protect', assigning new definitions, and
>     > restoring afterward?
>
>     "By analogy with" isn't a very compelling reason for a feature.  What
>     I'm asking is: "What is a real-world problem where you would need
>     such a thing?"
>
> Emacs-Lisp programming.  Any situation where you might want to
> redefine a face only temporarily, for use in a particular
> context. Is that hard to imagine?

That's just a restatement of what you want, but not what for.  What is
a real-world problem where you would need such a thing?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum