GNU bug report logs - #22757
25.1.50; `face-at-point` and `faces--attribute-at-point` -- add argument WINDOW-OR-BUFFER

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Message #32 received at 22757 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>, 22757 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22757: 25.1.50; `face-at-point` and
 `faces--attribute-at-point` -- add argument WINDOW-OR-BUFFER
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:51:15 +0100

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

> get-char-property gets you the face, and then face-foreground and
> face-background (both documented in the ELisp manual) can be used to
> get the colors.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

I think the conclusion here is that Emacs has the building blocks needed
here, and extending `face-at-point' wouldn't really make things that
much easier for people to implement things, so I'm therefore closing
this bug report.

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