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buffer-local faces?
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David Reitter |
Subject: |
buffer-local faces? |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:45:06 +0100 |
I just found a discussion back in 2002:
Stefan Monnier> I know that I've never understood the point of having
frame-local face definitions, whereas the need for buffer-local face
definitions has shown up every once in a while.
Miles Bader> BTW, I want to say I think replacing frame-specific faces
with buffer-specific faces would be a fantastic idea.
http://osdir.com/ml/emacs.devel/2002-07/msg00198.html
http://osdir.com/ml/emacs.devel/2002-07/msg00254.html
I've been working on a minor mode for a few years now that applies
"default styles" to frames depending on the major mode of the buffer
displayed in their (first) window. That way, users can use a variable-
width font for, say, latex-mode, but a fixed-width one otherwise.
Different background colors help distinguish the different buffers
visually when lots of frames are open. That said, this is a huge hack
and causes pain when switching buffers in a frame (frames resize, for
instance), and the correct way to do these things would be to use
buffer-local faces.
Has there been any progress with that since 2002? Is anyone else
interested in it? [I don't mean to question a "long-settled issue"
here, honestly!]
- buffer-local faces?,
David Reitter <=