Re: preparing colored text

[Oliver Scholz]

Matthew Kennedy <mbkennedy@austin.rr.com> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>>
>> (insert (propertize "warning" 'face 'font-lock-warning-face))
>>
>> ... easier to maintain in case the strings change :-)
>>
>
> Kai, this was my first attempt also. I copied this example into
> *scratch* and evaluated it, it appears to just insert "warning"
> without changing any text properties.
[...]

Probably you have font-lock turned on. It removes all "foreign" text
properties. Try it in a buffer without font-lock, for example in
text-mode.

In CVS Emacs you can use something like this

(insert (propertize "lirum larum" 'font-lock-face
                    'font-lock-warning-face))

even in buffers with font-lock.


    Oliver
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