bug#59828: Fundamental Mode buffers fail to keep text properties

[Heime]

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On Monday, December 5th, 2022 at 3:40 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:


> > Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:06:09 +0000
> > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com
> > Cc: casouri@gmail.com, 59828@debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > > > > Conclusion: you need to turn on font-lock in that buffer.
> > > > 
> > > > When I use (text-mode) or (org-mode), I do not get the problem.
> > > > 
> > > > (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create bufrn)
> > > > (text-mode)
> > > > (insert (propertize "G"
> > > > 'font-lock-face '(:background "green"
> > > > :foreground "black"))))
> > > 
> > > Because those turn on font-lock by default.
> > 
> > What do you think about having fundamental-mode also turn font-lock on ?
> 
> 
> What it does now is the result of what we think. That's why it is called
> Fundamental.
> 
> Anyway, there's no bug here, so I'm closing this.

Is fundamental mode not usually used when working on new buffers?