GNU bug report logs - #39265
26.3; format-mode-line with FACE argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ynyaaa <at> gmail.com

Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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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