Re: Why can't I (message (propertize "hello" ...)) ?

[John Paul Wallington]

Tom wrote:

>  FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>  
>  (defun x () "" (interactive)
>  (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>  
>  .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.

Is there a `blue' face?  You can do M-x list-faces-display to see
which faces are defined.

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Jonathon Isaac Swiderski <jonswid@umich.edu> writes:

>I have a similar issue --- I'm using Emacs in Windows XP via Exceed (that
>is, Emacs is running on my login server; i'm using an XP terminal with
>Exceed generating an X session), and Windows keeps grabbing the 'Alt' key
>for the menubar, so i can't use it for a Meta.

Emacs uses an X window displayed by Exceed, right?

>How do I either:
>  a)  Tell Emacs to interpret 'CapsLock' or something else as 'M-'?
>      That is, I'd like to use something else as the modifier--- part of
>      my problem here is that I don't know what codes Alt, [Win],
>      CapsLock, etcetera, generate; but I also am not clear on how I'd use
>      them once I had them.

If Exceed lets Windows interpret Alt, chances are good that it lets Windows
interpret Caps Lock as well. But you could try with xkeycaps or xev to see
if it sends key events for Caps Lock to an X program. Then you could
assign the keysym Meta to it.

>  b)  Tell Windows not to use Alt key for menu activation? (less
>      preferred; I can't take my windows settings with me between
>      sessions--- long story)

This has to be a setting in Exceed, not in Windows itself. 


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functorx@yahoo.com (Tom) writes:

> FYI, the code I'm trying is:
>
> (defun x () "" (interactive)
> (message (propertize "hello" 'face 'blue)))
>
> .. which displays the message hello, but without any properties.  I've
> also tried imperatively updating the string with add-text-properties,
> which also doesn't work.

Note that there's no predefined face with the name `blue'.  What you
want is something like this:

(message (propertize "hello" 'face '(foreground-color . "blue")))
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Many of the commands to move around a buffer viewed with less are the 
same as vi commands.  It would be nice to have a less-like pager that
felt like Emacs.  Is there such a thing?

(Of course, one *could* just use Emacs as a pager, but Emacs takes too
long to load up to be convenient.)

Thanks!

        -H