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26.3; format-mode-line with FACE argument

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From: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.3; format-mode-line with FACE argument
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:05:25 +0900

#'format-mode-line assumes all characters of a string have a same 'face
property value and checks only the first character.

  (format-mode-line (concat "A" (propertize "XYZ" 'face 'region)) 'highlight)
  => #("AXYZ" 0 1 (face highlight) 1 4 (face highlight))

#'format-mode-line merges the 'face property value of the first
character of a string with FACE argument. It is not ducumented at all.

  (format-mode-line (propertize "ABC" 'face 'region) 'highlight)
  => #("ABC" 0 3 (face (region highlight)))

#'format-mode-line called with FACE=t should use 'mode-line or
'mode-line-inactive instead of 't, but it treats 't as a face.

  (format-mode-line "ABC" t)
  => #("ABC" 0 3 (face t))


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Message #8 received at 39265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com
Cc: 39265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39265: 26.3; format-mode-line with FACE argument
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:36:15 +0200

tags 39265 notabug
thanks

> From: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:05:25 +0900
> 
> 
> #'format-mode-line assumes all characters of a string have a same 'face
> property value and checks only the first character.

Yes.  The reason is performance: the mode line is redrawn very
frequently, basically, after every command.

This is not a bug, this is the intended behavior.

Message #15 received at 39265-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com, 39265-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39265: 26.3; format-mode-line with FACE argument
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:36:08 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 39265 notabug
> thanks
>
>> From: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:05:25 +0900
>> 
>> 
>> #'format-mode-line assumes all characters of a string have a same 'face
>> property value and checks only the first character.
>
> Yes.  The reason is performance: the mode line is redrawn very
> frequently, basically, after every command.
>
> This is not a bug, this is the intended behavior.

I'm consequently also closing this bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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