Re: Font in mode line

[Francesco Mazzoli]

> > I'm not sure how to use `format-mode-line' the way you described.
>
> Like this:
>
>   C-x b *scratch* RET
>   M-x font-lock-mode RET
>   Now type this:
>
>    (insert (format-mode-line mode-line-format))
>
>   and press C-j at the rightmost closing parenthesis.
>
> > If I format `mode- line-format' there doesn't seem to be an obvious
> > way to infer the faces that are used to render the various elements.
>
> Go to one of the problematic characters and type "C-u C-x =".  Emacs
> will then show the font it used to display that character.

Thanks, the part I was missing is `insert'.

However, this doen't seem to work.  Whatever my mode line looks like,
the inserted text always look plain (font lock is on).  For example if I set

    (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-buffer-id nil :font "8x13" :foreground nil)

The buffer id in the mode line displays red, but when I execute

    (insert (format-mode-line mode-line-format))

In *scratch* I get the contents of the mode line rendered with normal
font.

Francesco