Questions tagged [text-properties]
is for any text property, such as `face`, that Emacs can associate with text. Emacs moves, copies, or displays the text using the text properties, which are specified as name-value pairs along with the text in a special Lisp structure. Emacs uses a special read and print syntax for text properties.
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text-scale for all faces in buffer
I often use text scaling, but it only seems to work on the default face. This is a problem, for instance, when I write text that also has italics (e.g., markdown, org text). The text scale commands ...
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How to use text-properties in a lambda function
I wish to map the text properties onto a list and them insert them on a new buffer. For some reason the following snippet doesn't work. I've used the -map utility from dash.el package for the map.
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Displaying adjacent boxed text (Zero-length/invisible delimiters for text properties?)
I'm interested in displaying adjacent boxed text using the :box t face property in the following manner for adjacent text:
Is there an accepted convention for delimiting/isolating text properties ...
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Debugging / understanding placement of keymap with text-properties
Q: Why does there appear to be a keymap on the hyphen of hello-world in the following example?
GOAL: Place text properties before the hyphen and after the hyphen -- without any keymap being placed ...
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How can I edit read-only text after pasting?
I want to create a buffer where some parts are editable, but others are not. I'm using the read-only string property to do this, e.g.:
(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*scratch-demo*")
(...
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add-text-properties throws args out of range
I have a reasonably large buffer, whose first five characters i like to make as comment (this is a simplified problem of a larger issue, so bear with me).
Buffer contents:
;;some comment text, whose ...
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Locally modify the syntax-table via text-properties
I’m trying to make a particular exclamation point behave like a word constituent (from the point of view of the syntax table), using the syntax-table text property, but I can’t get it to work.
In an ...
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Add text property, when global-font-lock mode is on
I am trying to set the foreground color for first line in my buffer which has global-font-lock ON.
Buffer contents -
(ignore)
(add-text-properties 1 8
'(:...
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How to get an insert-text-button 'action property accessing a dynamically-bound buffer-local variable
In realgud I have a text button that needs access to a dynamically-bound buffer-local variable.
The situation occurs like this. Inside one buffer that has the buffer local variable, there is a ...
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Change the background color with region text as color code
I have many color variables defined in my css - LESS file, whose background color i like to highlight on text selection and running this elisp block.
(add-text-properties
(region-beginning)
(region-...
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How to programmatically walk along string and add text properties
I have a function that gathers strings that looks like these:
Example #1: :event:lawlist:HIGH:misc:
Example #2: :LOW:
Example #3: :MEDIUM:task:george:
I created a monstrosity of a snippet that ...
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How do I get the closest property change before a given point?
How can I get the previous-or-equal single property change for a given property? For example, assume AAA, BBB, and CCC below have different faces.
AAABBBCCC
Here is the return value that I would ...
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compose-region and TABs
I'm trying to use compose-region with TABs but fail to see difference.
I'd like to get 'sqrt' composed to '√' but taking as much space as original text and aligned to the right.
I tried each of:
(...
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Is this possible to prettify \(A_i\) to A_i (A<sub>i</sub>) in org-mode?
I would like to prettify \(A_i\) to Ai. Is this possible? I looked up the source of org-match-substring-regexp and tried to modify it, but no luck. any help?
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Can I use an image in my modeline lighter?
My modeline is cluttered. Can I make it display pictures instead of mode names?
I could use unicode Emoji (such as 🐍 for Python or 🐓 for Coq), but some machines on which I use my Emacs config do ...
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Strip text properties in savehist
I save the kill-ring using the savehist package. savehist saves the kill ring with text-properties intact.
Unfortunately, this is a problem.
I have a rather large emacs config, and I use a lot of ...
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My org-mode has different size text at different level
Actually what happened was this.
I was looking for a good theme for my emacs. In the process I have changed many themes. I don't know which theme caused this but now my org-mode has different size ...
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Add clickable text in read only buffer?
If i have a writable buffer, i can use this to insert hyperlink.
(require 'button)
(insert-button "foo" 'action (lambda (x) (find-file "~/test.py")))
But i have to add clickable text property to a ...
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Make all text of a given face invisible
Is there a straightforward way to make all text with a given face invisible? I don't believe I can make invisibility be intrinsic to the face, but can I perhaps specify a minor mode that makes sure ...
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How to modify string height while keeping the face?
Here's a code that works for setting a string foreground:
(defface test-face
'((t (:height 1.2 :foreground "green")))
"doc.")
(setq asdf (propertize "asdf" 'face 'test-face))
(add-face-text-...
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Properties inheriting in org doesn't work
I have this sample org file:
#+COLUMNS: %25ITEM %TODO %5owner %3PRIORITY %TAGS
* test1
:PROPERTIES:
:owner: own1
:END:
** test2
** test3
I also have in my .emacs file:
(setq org-use-...
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Adding text properties to empty strings?
Is there a way to add text properties to empty strings? As far as I can tell, calling put-text-property on an empty string silently does nothing. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the empty ...
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Prevent inserting text at the beginning of a buffer that starts with read-only text
I'm extending an existing Emacs package and I want to make a part of the buffer not editable (read only). In fact, I want to make only one line in the middle of the buffer editable and I use the ...
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How to remove all text properties in a buffer
The function remove-text-properties requires a list for the third argument props -- e.g., (remove-text-properties start end '(face nil))
How can I remove all text properties in a buffer in one fell ...
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How to set the glyph of a unicode character?
I would like to set the glyph of a certain unicode character. Specifically, I would like the glyph § (SECTION SIGN) to represent the unicode character U+202A (LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING), a normally non-...
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Ways to unobtrusively vary text rendering?
I'm writing an emacs extension for use with speech recognition, and I'm looking for help with a particular feature. Some words the speech recognizer (Dragon) recognizes consistently poorly -- it doesn'...
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How would one fake kerning adjustments in propertized text?
I've successfully managed adjusting the displayed size of spaces and raising/lowering propertized text by making use of the display property, however I cannot find anything that would allow me to fake ...
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Get width of an image
How can I determine the width of an image of the imagemagick type?
I am inserting an image into a buffer, whose size is (initally)
completely unknown to me. I do it more or less like this:
(insert-...
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Why don't insert-in-front-hooks run?
Open a scratch buffer, paste the following an evaluate it:
(insert (propertize "hello" 'insert-in-front-hooks
(list (lambda (&rest unused) (message "test")))))
Typing ...
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Prevent Emacs from asking "kill anyway" when only text properties have changed
I have a read-only file that I open in Emacs. I have created a keyboard shortcut to hide some regions of the file. For example:
(defun hide-beginning ()
(interactive)
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
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How to use the highlight-chars.el package?
How can I use the highlight-chars.el package mentioned here (and here's its code) to highlight custom characters?
Specifically, I'd like to highlight the unicode directional formatting characters for ...
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Temporary text in window location with no text to propertize/overlay?
Q: how do I temporarily show text in a window at screen locations with no text to propertize/overlay?
I'm familiar with the basic idea behind text properties and overlays (see also this thread), have ...
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Custom follow mode
I want to make a follow mode where placing the cursor within certain parts of the buffer will cause some action to happen in another window. For example, using helm-follow-mode with helm-occur will ...
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How does AucTeX display superscripts?
latex-mode is has a nice display of superscripts and subscripts. Not
only are they reduced in size, but they are respectively raised and
lowered a bit relative to the current line.
Q: How can I make ...
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Simplest way to add-text-properties without overriding existing ones
I need to add a text-property to the entire buffer. However, parts of
the buffer might already have that property with a different value.
Q: What's the easiest way to apply a text property only to ...
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Are there any libraries for input fields in Emacs?
Quite a few Emacs modes use (something like) forms: the customization interface is one of them, the Message mode (read: its header part) is another one; there are more of them, unfortunately not ...
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elisp: retaining data structure after inserting string representation to buffer?
I'm currently writing a major mode (for interacting with a remote Grid Engine) which involves fetching data, parsing it into an alist, formating the alist into a string and then inserting the ...
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What are overlays for, and how do they differ from text properties?
The manual states:
You can use overlays to alter the appearance of a buffer's text on the
screen, for the sake of presentation features.
From its name, it suggests it can be used to create “...
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How to apply overlay or text properties to text matching a regexp?
I want to transform a text file with many lines :
| refXXXXX | here useful text, first sentence, last word. |
| refYYYYY | First word, second sentence. |
into :
here useful ...
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