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Re: Indirect text properties
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: Indirect text properties |
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:11:26 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
> The idea is that there could be several alternative sets of text
> properties with the same symbol simultaneously in a buffer, the Lisp
> code selecting which to use by binding a dynamic variable. This would
> be most useful for the syntax-table text property.
It would be useful -- it's been proposed a few times before, if I recall
correctly. I think Stefan M called this concept "planes" or
"namespaces" or something.
It'd allow us to get rid of the `font-lock-face'/`face' thing, too, I
think -- font-lock would just work on `face' in its own plane.
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