Re: Apply faces to string output to mini-buffer

[Miguel Guedes]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 09:40:50 +0200, Stephen Berman wrote:
> 
> The function `message' returns the printed representation of the
> message, so when you evaluate it in the minibuffer, this return value
> overwrites the propertized message, which is displayed in the echo area
> (which coincides with the minibuffer) as a side effect (on my machine I
> can see it briefly before it is overwritten).  If you embed the message
> sexp in another function, it returns to the caller, so it doesn't
> overwrite the propertized message in the echo area.  E.g., if you
> evaluate this:
> 
> (defun my-foo ()
>   (interactive)
>   (message "%s" (propertize "foo" 'face '(:foreground "red"))))
> 
> and then type `M-x my-foo', you'll see a red "foo" (without quotes) in
> the echo area.

I would never have got that.  Thank you for the explanation & solution, 
Stephen!

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Miguel