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| author | Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> | 2010-12-25 12:14:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> | 2010-12-25 12:14:48 +0200 |
| commit | 2e4ab211536225c719bb80df716f4e9481bce243 (patch) | |
| tree | c987bab54c723ad6ae19caca15f24fd2a736b441 /doc/lispref/modes.texi | |
| parent | 8258ae3f5ab8c96821eaa283530c5c01c38e565d (diff) | |
More fallout from fixing bug #7587.
src/xdisp.c (Fformat_mode_line): Doc fix: no need to state that only
the basic faces are supported.
doc/lispref/modes.texi (Emulating Mode Line): Fix last change.
etc/NEWS: Remove the entry about format-mode-line accepting only
basic faces.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/modes.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/modes.texi | 23 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi index 5c5e6cd3fb..ad7a3a5037 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi @@ -2119,22 +2119,17 @@ taken from @var{buffer}; by default, it comes from @var{window}'s buffer. The value string normally has text properties that correspond to the -faces, keymaps, etc., that the mode line would have. And any character -for which no @code{face} property is specified gets a default value -determined by @var{face}. If @var{face} is @code{t}, that stands for -either @code{mode-line} if @var{window} is selected, otherwise -@code{mode-line-inactive}. If @var{face} is @code{nil} or omitted, that -stands for no face property. - -However, if @var{face} is an integer, the value has no text properties. +faces, keymaps, etc., that the mode line would have. Any character for +which no @code{face} property is specified by @var{format} gets a +default value determined by @var{face}. If @var{face} is @code{t}, that +stands for either @code{mode-line} if @var{window} is selected, +otherwise @code{mode-line-inactive}. If @var{face} is @code{nil} or +omitted, that stands for the default face. If @var{face} is an integer, +the value returned by this function will have no text properties. You can also specify other valid faces as the value of @var{face}. -If the value is a @dfn{basic face}, one of @code{default}, @code{mode-line}, -@code{mode-line-inactive}, @code{header-line}, or @code{tool-bar}, that -face provides the @code{face} property for characters whose face is not -specified by @var{format}. Any other face is treated as @code{default}, -but you can remap one of the basic faces (@pxref{Face Remapping}) to get -the same effect as with non-basic faces. +If specified, that face provides the @code{face} property for characters +whose face is not specified by @var{format}. Note that using @code{mode-line}, @code{mode-line-inactive}, or @code{header-line} as @var{face} will actually redisplay the mode line |