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Re: bind faces?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: bind faces? |
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Sun, 14 May 2006 06:10:48 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"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
Re: bind faces?, Stefan Monnier, 2006/05/14