GNU bug report logs - #15900
24.3.50; foreground-color-at-point returns wrong results

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Message #56 received at 15900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 15900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15900: 24.3.50;
 foreground-color-at-point returns wrong results
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:47:10 +0200

> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:29:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 15900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
> 
> > When you say "all the faces at point", what exactly do you mean by
> > that?  There can only be one 'face' text property at point, so do
> > you mean faces that come from overlays?  If that is what you mean,
> > then why isn't get-char-property all you need to have your answer?
> > I feel I'm missing something very basic here.
> 
> I think he means that the value of property `face' (whether from
> a text property or an overlay property) can be a list of faces.

Yes, but then you get all that list in a single call to
get-char-property, right?  So where's the difficulty in collecting
"all the faces at point"?

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