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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1995 Ben Wing.
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4 @c See the file lispref.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../../info/faces.info
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6 @node Faces and Window-System Objects, Glyphs, Specifiers, top
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7 @chapter Faces and Window-System Objects
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8 @cindex faces
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9 @cindex window-system objects
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10
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11 @menu
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12 * Faces:: Controlling the way text looks.
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13 * Fonts:: Controlling the typeface of text.
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14 * Colors:: Controlling the color of text and pixmaps.
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15 @end menu
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16
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17 @node Faces
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18 @section Faces
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19
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20 A @dfn{face} is a named collection of graphical properties: font,
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21 foreground color, background color, background pixmap, optional
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22 underlining, and (on TTY devices) whether the text is to be highlighted,
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23 dimmed, blinking, or displayed in reverse video. Faces control the
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24 display of text on the screen. Every face has a name, which is a symbol
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25 such as @code{default} or @code{modeline}.
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26
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27 Each built-in property of a face is controlled using a specifier,
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28 which allows it to have separate values in particular buffers, frames,
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29 windows, and devices and to further vary according to device type
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30 (X or TTY) and device class (color, mono, or grayscale).
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31 @xref{Specifiers}, for more information.
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32
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33 The face named @code{default} is used for ordinary text. The face named
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34 @code{modeline} is used for displaying the modeline. The face named
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35 @code{highlight} is used for highlighted extents (@pxref{Extents}). The
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36 faces named @code{left-margin} and @code{right-margin} are used for the
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37 left and right margin areas, respectively (@pxref{Annotations}). The
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38 face named @code{zmacs-region} is used for the highlighted region
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39 between point and mark.
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40
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41
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42 @menu
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43 * Merging Faces:: How XEmacs decides which face to use
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44 for a character.
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45 * Basic Face Functions:: How to define and examine faces.
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46 * Face Properties:: How to access and modify a face's properties.
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47 * Face Convenience Functions:: Convenience functions for accessing
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48 particular properties of a face.
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49 * Other Face Display Functions:: Other functions pertaining to how a
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50 a face appears.
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51 @end menu
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52
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53 @node Merging Faces
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54 @subsection Merging Faces for Display
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55
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56 Here are all the ways to specify which face to use for display of text:
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57
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58 @itemize @bullet
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59 @item
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60 With defaults. Each frame has a @dfn{default face}, which is used for
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61 all text that doesn't somehow specify another face. The face named
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62 @code{default} applies to the text area, while the faces
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63 @code{left-margin} and @code{right-margin} apply to the left and right
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64 margin areas.
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65
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66 @item
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67 With text properties. A character may have a @code{face} property; if so,
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68 it's displayed with that face. (Text properties are actually implemented
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69 in terms of extents.) @xref{Text Properties}.
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70
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71 @item
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72 With extents. An extent may have a @code{face} property, which applies
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73 to all the text covered by the extent; in addition, if the
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74 @code{highlight} property is set, the @code{highlight} property applies
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75 when the mouse moves over the extent or if the extent is explicitly
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76 highlighted. @xref{Extents}.
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77
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78 @item
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79 With annotations. Annotations that are inserted into a buffer can specify
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80 their own face. (Annotations are actually implemented in terms of extents.)
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81 @xref{Annotations}.
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82 @end itemize
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83
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84 If these various sources together specify more than one face for a
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85 particular character, XEmacs merges the properties of the various faces
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86 specified. Extents, text properties, and annotations all use the same
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87 underlying representation (as extents). When multiple extents cover one
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88 character, an extent with higher priority overrides those with lower
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89 priority. @xref{Extents}. If no extent covers a particular character,
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90 the @code{default} face is used.
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91
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92 @cindex background pixmap
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93 If a background pixmap is specified, it determines what will be
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94 displayed in the background of text characters. If the background
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95 pixmap is actually a pixmap, with its colors specified, those colors are
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96 used; if it is a bitmap, the face's foreground and background colors are
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97 used to color it.
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98
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99 @node Basic Face Functions
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100 @subsection Basic Functions for Working with Faces
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101
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102 The properties a face can specify include the font, the foreground
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103 color, the background color, the background pixmap, the underlining,
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104 the display table, and (for TTY devices) whether the text is to be
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105 highlighted, dimmed, blinking, or displayed in reverse video.
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106 The face can also leave these unspecified, causing them to assume the
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107 value of the corresponding property of the @code{default} face.
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108
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109 Here are the basic primitives for working with faces.
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111 @defun make-face name &optional doc-string temporary
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112 This function defines and returns a new face named @var{name}, initially
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113 with all properties unspecified. It does nothing if there is already a
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114 face named @var{name}. Optional argument @var{doc-string} specifies
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115 an explanatory string used for descriptive purposes. If optional
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116 argument @var{temporary} is non-@code{nil}, the face will automatically
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117 disappear when there are no more references to it anywhere in text or
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118 Lisp code (otherwise, the face will continue to exist indefinitely
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119 even if it is not used).
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120 @end defun
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122 @defun face-list &optional temporary
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123 This function returns a list of the names of all defined faces. If
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124 @var{temporary} is @code{nil}, only the permanent faces are included.
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125 If it is @code{t}, only the temporary faces are included. If it is any
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126 other non-@code{nil} value both permanent and temporary are included.
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127 @end defun
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129 @defun facep object
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130 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a face, else @code{nil}.
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131 @end defun
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133 @defun copy-face old-face new-name &optional locale tag-set exact-p how-to-add
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134 This function defines a new face named @var{new-name} which is a copy of
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135 the existing face named @var{old-face}. If there is already a face
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136 named @var{new-name}, then it alters the face to have the same
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137 properties as @var{old-face}.
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138
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139 @var{locale}, @var{tag-set}, @var{exact-p} and @var{how-to-add} let you
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140 copy just parts of the old face rather than the whole face, and are as
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141 in @code{copy-specifier} (@pxref{Specifiers}).
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142 @end defun
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143
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144 @node Face Properties
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145 @subsection Face Properties
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146
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147 You can examine and modify the properties of an existing face with the
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148 following functions.
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149
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150 The following symbols have predefined meanings:
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151
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152 @table @code
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153 @item foreground
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154 The foreground color of the face.
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155
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156 @item background
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157 The background color of the face.
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158
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159 @item font
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160 The font used to display text covered by this face.
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161
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162 @item display-table
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163 The display table of the face.
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164
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165 @item background-pixmap
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166 The pixmap displayed in the background of the face. Only used by faces
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167 on X devices.
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168
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169 @item underline
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170 Underline all text covered by this face.
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171
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172 @item highlight
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173 Highlight all text covered by this face. Only used by faces on TTY
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174 devices.
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175
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176 @item dim
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177 Dim all text covered by this face. Only used by faces on TTY devices.
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178
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179 @item blinking
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180 Blink all text covered by this face. Only used by faces on TTY devices.
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181
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182 @item reverse
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183 Reverse the foreground and background colors. Only used by faces on TTY
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184 devices.
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185
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186 @item doc-string
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187 Description of what the face's normal use is. NOTE: This is not a
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188 specifier, unlike all the other built-in properties, and cannot contain
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189 locale-specific values.
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190 @end table
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192 @defun set-face-property face property value &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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193 This function changes a property of a @var{face}.
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195 For built-in properties, the actual value of the property is a specifier
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196 and you cannot change this; but you can change the specifications within
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197 the specifier, and that is what this function will do. For user-defined
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198 properties, you can use this function to either change the actual value
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199 of the property or, if this value is a specifier, change the
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200 specifications within it.
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201
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202 If @var{property} is a built-in property, the specifications to be added
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203 to this property can be supplied in many different ways:
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204
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205 @itemize @bullet
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206 If @var{value} is a simple instantiator (e.g. a string naming a font or
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207 color) or a list of instantiators, then the instantiator(s) will be
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208 added as a specification of the property for the given @var{locale}
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209 (which defaults to @code{global} if omitted).
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210
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211 If @var{value} is a list of specifications (each of which is a cons of a
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212 locale and a list of instantiators), then @var{locale} must be
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213 @code{nil} (it does not make sense to explicitly specify a locale in
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214 this case), and specifications will be added as given.
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215
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216 If @var{value} is a specifier (as would be returned by
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217 @code{face-property} if no @var{locale} argument is given), then some or
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218 all of the specifications in the specifier will be added to the
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219 property. In this case, the function is really equivalent to
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220 @code{copy-specifier} and @var{locale} has the same semantics (if it is
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221 a particular locale, the specification for the locale will be copied; if
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222 a locale type, specifications for all locales of that type will be
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223 copied; if @code{nil} or @code{all}, then all specifications will be
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224 copied).
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225 @end itemize
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227 @var{how-to-add} should be either @code{nil} or one of the symbols
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228 @code{prepend}, @code{append}, @code{remove-tag-set-prepend},
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229 @code{remove-tag-set-append}, @code{remove-locale},
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230 @code{remove-locale-type}, or @code{remove-all}. See
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231 @code{copy-specifier} and @code{add-spec-to-specifier} for a description
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232 of what each of these means. Most of the time, you do not need to worry
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233 about this argument; the default behavior usually is fine.
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234
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235 In general, it is OK to pass an instance object (e.g. as returned by
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236 @code{face-property-instance}) as an instantiator in place of an actual
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237 instantiator. In such a case, the instantiator used to create that
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238 instance object will be used (for example, if you set a font-instance
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239 object as the value of the @code{font} property, then the font name used
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240 to create that object will be used instead). If some cases, however,
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241 doing this conversion does not make sense, and this will be noted in the
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242 documentation for particular types of instance objects.
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243
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244 If @var{property} is not a built-in property, then this function will
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245 simply set its value if @var{locale} is @code{nil}. However, if
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246 @var{locale} is given, then this function will attempt to add
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247 @var{value} as the instantiator for the given @var{locale}, using
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248 @code{add-spec-to-specifier}. If the value of the property is not a
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249 specifier, it will automatically be converted into a @code{generic}
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250 specifier.
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251 @end defun
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254 This function removes a property of a @var{face}.
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255
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256 For built-in properties, this is analogous to @code{remove-specifier}.
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257 For more information, @xref{Other Specification Functions}.
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258
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259 When @var{property} is not a built-in property, this function will just
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260 remove its value if @var{locale} is @code{nil} or @code{all}. However,
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261 if @var{locale} is other than that, this function will attempt to remove
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262 @var{value} as the instantiator for the given @var{locale} with
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263 @code{remove-specifier}. If the value of the property is not a
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264 specifier, it will be converted into a @code{generic} specifier
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265 automatically.
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266 @end defun
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269 This function returns @var{face}'s value of the given @var{property}.
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270
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271 If @var{locale} is omitted, the @var{face}'s actual value for
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272 @var{property} will be returned. For built-in properties, this will be
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273 a specifier object of a type appropriate to the property (e.g. a font or
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274 color specifier). For other properties, this could be anything.
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275
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276 If @var{locale} is supplied, then instead of returning the actual value,
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277 the specification(s) for the given locale or locale type will be
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278 returned. This will only work if the actual value of @var{property} is
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279 a specifier (this will always be the case for built-in properties, but
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280 not or not may apply to user-defined properties). If the actual value
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281 of @var{property} is not a specifier, this value will simply be returned
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282 regardless of @var{locale}.
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283
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284 The return value will be a list of instantiators (e.g. strings
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285 specifying a font or color name), or a list of specifications, each of
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286 which is a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators. Specifically,
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287 if @var{locale} is a particular locale (a buffer, window, frame, device,
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288 or @code{global}), a list of instantiators for that locale will be
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289 returned. Otherwise, if @var{locale} is a locale type (one of the
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290 symbols @code{buffer}, @code{window}, @code{frame}, or @code{device}),
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291 the specifications for all locales of that type will be returned.
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292 Finally, if @var{locale} is @code{all}, the specifications for all
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293 locales of all types will be returned.
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294
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295 The specifications in a specifier determine what the value of
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296 @var{property} will be in a particular @dfn{domain} or set of
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297 circumstances, which is typically a particular Emacs window along with
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298 the buffer it contains and the frame and device it lies within. The
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299 value is derived from the instantiator associated with the most specific
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300 locale (in the order buffer, window, frame, device, and @code{global})
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301 that matches the domain in question. In other words, given a domain
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302 (i.e. an Emacs window, usually), the specifier for @var{property} will
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303 first be searched for a specification whose locale is the buffer
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304 contained within that window; then for a specification whose locale is
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305 the window itself; then for a specification whose locale is the frame
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306 that the window is contained within; etc. The first instantiator that
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307 is valid for the domain (usually this means that the instantiator is
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308 recognized by the device [i.e. the X server or TTY device] that the
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309 domain is on). The function @code{face-property-instance} actually does
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310 all this, and is used to determine how to display the face.
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311 @end defun
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312
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313 @defun face-property-instance face property &optional domain default no-fallback
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314 This function returns the instance of @var{face}'s @var{property} in the
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315 specified @var{domain}.
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316
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317 Under most circumstances, @var{domain} will be a particular window, and
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318 the returned instance describes how the specified property actually is
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319 displayed for that window and the particular buffer in it. Note that
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320 this may not be the same as how the property appears when the buffer is
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321 displayed in a different window or frame, or how the property appears in
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322 the same window if you switch to another buffer in that window; and in
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323 those cases, the returned instance would be different.
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324
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325 The returned instance will typically be a color-instance, font-instance,
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326 or pixmap-instance object, and you can query it using the appropriate
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327 object-specific functions. For example, you could use
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328 @code{color-instance-rgb-components} to find out the RGB (red, green,
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329 and blue) components of how the @code{background} property of the
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330 @code{highlight} face is displayed in a particular window. The results
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331 might be different from the results you would get for another window
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332 (perhaps the user specified a different color for the frame that window
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333 is on; or perhaps the same color was specified but the window is on a
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334 different X server, and that X server has different RGB values for the
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335 color from this one).
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336
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337 @var{domain} defaults to the selected window if omitted.
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338
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339 @var{domain} can be a frame or device, instead of a window. The value
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340 returned for a such a domain is used in special circumstances when a
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341 more specific domain does not apply; for example, a frame value might be
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342 used for coloring a toolbar, which is conceptually attached to a frame
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343 rather than a particular window. The value is also useful in
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344 determining what the value would be for a particular window within the
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345 frame or device, if it is not overridden by a more specific
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346 specification.
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347
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348 If @var{property} does not name a built-in property, its value will
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349 simply be returned unless it is a specifier object, in which case it
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350 will be instanced using @code{specifier-instance}.
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351
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352 Optional arguments @var{default} and @var{no-fallback} are the same as
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353 in @code{specifier-instance}. @xref{Specifiers}.
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354 @end defun
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355
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356 @node Face Convenience Functions
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357 @subsection Face Convenience Functions
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358
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359 @deffn Command set-face-foreground face color &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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360 @deffnx Command set-face-background face color &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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361 These functions set the foreground (respectively, background) color of
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362 face @var{face} to @var{color}. The argument @var{color} should be a
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363 string (the name of a color) or a color object as returned by
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364 @code{make-color} (@pxref{Colors}).
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365 @end deffn
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366
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367 @deffn Command set-face-background-pixmap face pixmap &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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428
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368 This function sets the background pixmap of face @var{face} to
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369 @var{pixmap}. The argument @var{pixmap} should be a string (the name of
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370 a bitmap or pixmap file; the directories listed in the variable
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371 @code{x-bitmap-file-path} will be searched) or a glyph object as
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372 returned by @code{make-glyph} (@pxref{Glyphs}). The argument may also
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373 be a list of the form @code{(@var{width} @var{height} @var{data})} where
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374 @var{width} and @var{height} are the size in pixels, and @var{data} is a
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375 string, containing the raw bits of the bitmap.
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376 @end deffn
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377
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378 @deffn Command set-face-font face font &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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428
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379 This function sets the font of face @var{face}. The argument @var{font}
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380 should be a string or a font object as returned by @code{make-font}
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381 (@pxref{Fonts}).
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382 @end deffn
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383
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384 @deffn Command set-face-underline-p face underline-p &optional locale tag-set how-to-add
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428
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385 This function sets the underline property of face @var{face}.
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386 @end deffn
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387
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388 @defun face-foreground face &optional locale tag-set exact-p
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389 @defunx face-background face &optional locale tag-set exact-p
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390 These functions return the foreground (respectively, background) color
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391 specifier of face @var{face}.
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392 @xref{Colors}.
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393 @end defun
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394
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395 @defun face-background-pixmap face &optional locale tag-set exact-p
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396 This function return the background-pixmap glyph object of face
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397 @var{face}.
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398 @end defun
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399
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400 @defun face-font face &optional locale tag-set exact-p
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428
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401 This function returns the font specifier of face @var{face}. (Note:
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402 This is not the same as the function @code{face-font} in FSF Emacs.)
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403
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404 @xref{Fonts}.
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405 @end defun
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406
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407 @defun face-font-name face &optional domain
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408 This function returns the name of the font of face @var{face}, or
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409 @code{nil} if it is unspecified. This is basically equivalent to
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410 @code{(font-name (face-font @var{face}) @var{domain})} except that
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411 it does not cause an error if @var{face}'s font is @code{nil}. (This
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412 function is named @code{face-font} in FSF Emacs.)
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413 @end defun
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414
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415 @defun face-underline-p face &optional locale
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416 This function returns the underline property of face @var{face}.
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417 @end defun
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418
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419 @defun face-foreground-instance face &optional domain
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420 @defunx face-background-instance face &optional domain
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421 These functions return the foreground (respectively, background) color
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422 specifier of face @var{face}.
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423 @xref{Colors}.
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424 @end defun
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425
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426 @defun face-background-pixmap-instance face &optional domain
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427 This function return the background-pixmap glyph object of face
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428 @var{face}.
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429 @end defun
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430
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431 @defun face-font-instance face &optional domain
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432 This function returns the font specifier of face @var{face}.
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433 @xref{Fonts}.
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434 @end defun
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435
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436 @node Other Face Display Functions
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437 @subsection Other Face Display Functions
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438
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444
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439 @deffn Command invert-face face &optional locale
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428
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440 Swap the foreground and background colors of face @var{face}. If the
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441 face doesn't specify both foreground and background, then its foreground
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442 and background are set to the default background and foreground.
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444
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443 @end deffn
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428
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444
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445 @defun face-equal face1 face2 &optional domain
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446 This returns @code{t} if the faces @var{face1} and @var{face2} will
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447 display in the same way. @var{domain} is as in
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448 @code{face-property-instance}.
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449 @end defun
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450
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451 @defun face-differs-from-default-p face &optional domain
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452 This returns @code{t} if the face @var{face} displays differently from
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453 the default face. @var{domain} is as in @code{face-property-instance}.
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454 @end defun
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455
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456 @node Fonts
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457 @section Fonts
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458 @cindex fonts
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459
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460 This section describes how to work with font specifier and
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461 font instance objects, which encapsulate fonts in the window system.
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462
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463 @menu
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464 * Font Specifiers:: Specifying how a font will appear.
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465 * Font Instances:: What a font specifier gets instanced as.
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466 * Font Instance Names:: The name of a font instance.
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467 * Font Instance Size:: The size of a font instance.
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468 * Font Instance Characteristics:: Display characteristics of font instances.
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469 * Font Convenience Functions:: Convenience functions that automatically
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470 instance and retrieve the properties
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471 of a font specifier.
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472 @end menu
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473
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474 @node Font Specifiers
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475 @subsection Font Specifiers
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476
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477 @defun font-specifier-p object
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478 This predicate returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a font specifier, and
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479 @code{nil} otherwise.
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480 @end defun
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481
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442
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482 @defun make-font-specifier spec-list
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483
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484 Return a new @code{font} specifier object with the given specification
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485 list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications (each of which is
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486 a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a single instantiator,
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487 or a list of instantiators. @xref{Specifiers}, for more information
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488 about specifiers.
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489
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490 Valid instantiators for font specifiers are:
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491
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492 @itemize @bullet
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493
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494 @item
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495 A string naming a font (e.g. under X this might be
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496 "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" for a 14-point
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497 upright medium-weight Courier font).
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498 @item
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499 A font instance (use that instance directly if the device matches,
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500 or use the string that generated it).
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501 @item
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502 A vector of no elements (only on TTY's; this means to set no font
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503 at all, thus using the "natural" font of the terminal's text).
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504 @item
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505 A vector of one element (a face to inherit from).
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506 @end itemize
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507 @end defun
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508
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509 @node Font Instances
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510 @subsection Font Instances
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511
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512 @defun font-instance-p object
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513 This predicate returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a font instance, and
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514 @code{nil} otherwise.
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515 @end defun
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516
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517 @defun make-font-instance name &optional device noerror
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518 This function creates a new font-instance object of the specified name.
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519 @var{device} specifies the device this object applies to and defaults to
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520 the selected device. An error is signalled if the font is unknown or
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521 cannot be allocated; however, if @var{noerror} is non-@code{nil},
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522 @code{nil} is simply returned in this case.
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523
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524 The returned object is a normal, first-class lisp object. The way you
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525 ``deallocate'' the font is the way you deallocate any other lisp object:
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526 you drop all pointers to it and allow it to be garbage collected. When
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527 these objects are GCed, the underlying X data is deallocated as well.
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528 @end defun
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529
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530 @node Font Instance Names
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531 @subsection Font Instance Names
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532 @cindex font instance name
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533 @cindex available fonts
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534 @cindex fonts available
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535
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536 @defun list-fonts pattern &optional device
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537 This function returns a list of font names matching the given pattern.
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538 @var{device} specifies which device to search for names, and defaults to
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539 the currently selected device.
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540 @end defun
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541
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542 @defun font-instance-name font-instance
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543 This function returns the name used to allocate @var{font-instance}.
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544 @end defun
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545
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546 @defun font-instance-truename font-instance
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547 This function returns the canonical name of the given font instance.
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548 Font names are patterns which may match any number of fonts, of which
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549 the first found is used. This returns an unambiguous name for that font
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550 (but not necessarily its only unambiguous name).
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551 @end defun
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552
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553 @node Font Instance Size
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554 @subsection Font Instance Size
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555 @cindex font instance size
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556
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557 @defun x-font-size font
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558 This function returns the nominal size of the given font. This is done
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559 by parsing its name, so it's likely to lose. X fonts can be specified
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560 (by the user) in either pixels or 10ths of points, and this returns the
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561 first one it finds, so you have to decide which units the returned value
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562 is measured in yourself ...
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563 @end defun
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564
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565 @defun x-find-larger-font font &optional device
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566 This function loads a new, slightly larger version of the given font (or
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567 font name). Returns the font if it succeeds, @code{nil} otherwise. If
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568 scalable fonts are available, this returns a font which is 1 point
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569 larger. Otherwise, it returns the next larger version of this font that
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570 is defined.
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|
571 @end defun
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572
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573 @defun x-find-smaller-font font &optional device
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574 This function loads a new, slightly smaller version of the given font
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575 (or font name). Returns the font if it succeeds, @code{nil} otherwise.
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576 If scalable fonts are available, this returns a font which is 1 point
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577 smaller. Otherwise, it returns the next smaller version of this font
|
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578 that is defined.
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|
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579 @end defun
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580
|
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581 @node Font Instance Characteristics
|
|
|
582 @subsection Font Instance Characteristics
|
|
|
583 @cindex font instance characteristics
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|
|
584 @cindex characteristics of font instances
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|
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585 @cindex bold
|
|
|
586 @cindex demibold
|
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587 @cindex italic
|
|
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588 @cindex oblique
|
|
|
589
|
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444
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590 @defun font-instance-properties font-instance
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428
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591 This function returns the properties (an alist or @code{nil}) of
|
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|
592 @var{font-instance}.
|
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|
593 @end defun
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594
|
|
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595 @defun x-make-font-bold font &optional device
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|
|
596 Given an X font specification, this attempts to make a ``bold'' font.
|
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|
597 If it fails, it returns @code{nil}.
|
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598 @end defun
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|
599
|
|
|
600 @defun x-make-font-unbold font &optional device
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|
601 Given an X font specification, this attempts to make a non-bold font.
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602 If it fails, it returns @code{nil}.
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|
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603 @end defun
|
|
|
604
|
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605 @defun x-make-font-italic font &optional device
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|
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606 Given an X font specification, this attempts to make an ``italic'' font.
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607 If it fails, it returns @code{nil}.
|
|
|
608 @end defun
|
|
|
609
|
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610 @defun x-make-font-unitalic font &optional device
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|
|
611 Given an X font specification, this attempts to make a non-italic font.
|
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|
612 If it fails, it returns @code{nil}.
|
|
|
613 @end defun
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|
|
614
|
|
|
615 @defun x-make-font-bold-italic font &optional device
|
|
|
616 Given an X font specification, this attempts to make a ``bold-italic''
|
|
|
617 font. If it fails, it returns @code{nil}.
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|
|
618 @end defun
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|
|
619
|
|
|
620 @node Font Convenience Functions
|
|
|
621 @subsection Font Convenience Functions
|
|
|
622
|
|
|
623 @defun font-name font &optional domain
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|
|
624 This function returns the name of the @var{font} in the specified
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|
|
625 @var{domain}, if any. @var{font} should be a font specifier object and
|
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|
626 @var{domain} is normally a window and defaults to the selected window if
|
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|
627 omitted. This is equivalent to using @code{specifier-instance} and
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|
|
628 applying @code{font-instance-name} to the result.
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|
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629 @end defun
|
|
|
630
|
|
|
631 @defun font-truename font &optional domain
|
|
|
632 This function returns the truename of the @var{font} in the specified
|
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|
633 @var{domain}, if any. @var{font} should be a font specifier object and
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|
634 @var{domain} is normally a window and defaults to the selected window if
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|
635 omitted. This is equivalent to using @code{specifier-instance} and
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|
636 applying @code{font-instance-truename} to the result.
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|
637 @end defun
|
|
|
638
|
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639 @defun font-properties font &optional domain
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640 This function returns the properties of the @var{font} in the specified
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|
641 @var{domain}, if any. @var{font} should be a font specifier object and
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|
642 @var{domain} is normally a window and defaults to the selected window if
|
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643 omitted. This is equivalent to using @code{specifier-instance} and
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|
644 applying @code{font-instance-properties} to the result.
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|
|
645 @end defun
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|
646
|
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|
647 @node Colors
|
|
|
648 @section Colors
|
|
|
649 @cindex colors
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650
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|
651 @menu
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|
652 * Color Specifiers:: Specifying how a color will appear.
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|
|
653 * Color Instances:: What a color specifier gets instanced as.
|
|
|
654 * Color Instance Properties:: Properties of color instances.
|
|
|
655 * Color Convenience Functions:: Convenience functions that automatically
|
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|
656 instance and retrieve the properties
|
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|
657 of a color specifier.
|
|
|
658 @end menu
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|
659
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|
|
660 @node Color Specifiers
|
|
|
661 @subsection Color Specifiers
|
|
|
662
|
|
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663 @defun color-specifier-p object
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|
|
664 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a color specifier.
|
|
|
665 @end defun
|
|
|
666
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442
|
667 @defun make-color-specifier spec-list
|
|
|
668
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|
|
669 Return a new @code{color} specifier object with the given specification
|
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|
670 list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications (each of which is
|
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|
671 a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a single instantiator,
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|
672 or a list of instantiators. @xref{Specifiers}, for a detailed
|
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673 description of how specifiers work.
|
|
|
674
|
|
|
675 Valid instantiators for color specifiers are:
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|
676
|
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|
677 @itemize @bullet
|
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|
678 @item
|
|
|
679 A string naming a color (e.g. under X this might be "lightseagreen2" or
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|
680 "#F534B2").
|
|
|
681
|
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|
682 @item
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|
683 A color instance (use that instance directly if the device matches,
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|
684 or use the string that generated it).
|
|
|
685
|
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|
686 @item
|
|
|
687 A vector of no elements (only on TTY's; this means to set no color at
|
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|
688 all, thus using the "natural" color of the terminal's text).
|
|
|
689
|
|
|
690 @item
|
|
|
691 A vector of one or two elements: a face to inherit from, and optionally
|
|
|
692 a symbol naming which property of that face to inherit, either
|
|
|
693 @code{foreground} or @code{background} (if omitted, defaults to the same
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|
694 property that this color specifier is used for; if this specifier is not
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695 part of a face, the instantiator would not be valid).
|
|
|
696 @end itemize
|
|
|
697 @end defun
|
|
|
698
|
|
|
699 @defun make-face-boolean-specifier spec-list
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|
700
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|
|
701 Return a new @code{face-boolean} specifier object with the given spec
|
|
|
702 list. @var{spec-list} can be a list of specifications (each of which is
|
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|
703 a cons of a locale and a list of instantiators), a single instantiator,
|
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|
704 or a list of instantiators. @xref{Specifiers}, for a detailed
|
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|
705 description of how specifiers work.
|
|
|
706
|
|
|
707 Valid instantiators for face-boolean specifiers are
|
|
|
708
|
|
|
709 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
710 @item
|
|
|
711 t or nil.
|
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|
712 @item
|
|
|
713 A vector of two or three elements: a face to inherit from, optionally a
|
|
|
714 symbol naming the property of that face to inherit from (if omitted,
|
|
|
715 defaults to the same property that this face-boolean specifier is used
|
|
|
716 for; if this specifier is not part of a face, the instantiator would not
|
|
444
|
717 be valid), and optionally a value which, if non-@code{nil}, means to invert the
|
|
442
|
718 sense of the inherited property.
|
|
|
719 @end itemize
|
|
|
720
|
|
|
721 @end defun
|
|
|
722
|
|
|
723
|
|
428
|
724 @node Color Instances
|
|
|
725 @subsection Color Instances
|
|
|
726 @cindex color instances
|
|
|
727
|
|
|
728 A @dfn{color-instance object} is an object describing the way a color
|
|
|
729 specifier is instanced in a particular domain. Functions such as
|
|
|
730 @code{face-background-instance} return a color-instance object. For
|
|
|
731 example,
|
|
|
732
|
|
|
733 @example
|
|
|
734 (face-background-instance 'default (next-window))
|
|
|
735 @result{} #<color-instance moccasin 47=(FFFF,E4E4,B5B5) 0x678d>
|
|
|
736 @end example
|
|
|
737
|
|
|
738 The color-instance object returned describes the way the background
|
|
|
739 color of the @code{default} face is displayed in the next window after
|
|
|
740 the selected one.
|
|
|
741
|
|
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742 @defun color-instance-p object
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743 This function returns non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is a color-instance.
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744 @end defun
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745
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746 @node Color Instance Properties
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747 @subsection Color Instance Properties
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748
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749 @defun color-instance-name color-instance
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750 This function returns the name used to allocate @var{color-instance}.
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751 @end defun
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752
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753 @defun color-instance-rgb-components color-instance
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754 This function returns a three element list containing the red, green,
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755 and blue color components of @var{color-instance}.
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756
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757 @example
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758 (color-instance-rgb-components
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759 (face-background-instance 'default (next-window)))
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760 @result{} (65535 58596 46517)
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761 @end example
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762 @end defun
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763
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764 @node Color Convenience Functions
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765 @subsection Color Convenience Functions
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766
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767 @defun color-name color &optional domain
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768 This function returns the name of the @var{color} in the specified
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769 @var{domain}, if any. @var{color} should be a color specifier object
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770 and @var{domain} is normally a window and defaults to the selected
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771 window if omitted. This is equivalent to using
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772 @code{specifier-instance} and applying @code{color-instance-name} to the
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773 result.
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774 @end defun
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775
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776 @defun color-rgb-components color &optional domain
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777 This function returns the @sc{rgb} components of the @var{color} in the
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778 specified @var{domain}, if any. @var{color} should be a color specifier
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779 object and @var{domain} is normally a window and defaults to the
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780 selected window if omitted. This is equivalent to using
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781 @code{specifier-instance} and applying
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782 @code{color-instance-rgb-components} to the result.
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783
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784 @example
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785 (color-rgb-components (face-background 'default (next-window)))
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786 @result{} (65535 58596 46517)
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787 @end example
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788 @end defun
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