Re: confusion (aka specifiers...)

Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
 > 
 > Yeah, I got it working, I'm not sure what was going on.  I don't
 > see a flicker, but I suspect what you are seeing is that fact that
 > two separate hooks are used.  It's possible to use the fact that
 > specifiers are more powerful than merely "frame-local" to do all
 > the work in the select-frame-hook.  (See below.)
 > 
 > I propose to discuss your feature in the Lispref.  I think it
 > nicely exposes some neat features of specifiers in a simple
 > example.  I'd appreciate comments on whether it makes sense to you,
 > and any questions it raises.
 >
 > Definitely let me know your preferences about attribution.  Also, as
 > you may know, I dislike the GFDL and took the author's prerogative to
 > deliberately leave it out of the permission statement.  But if you
 > would like it added, I have no objection.

yes, i have a preference about attribution: i didn't write the code
that is going into lispref, so i'd prefer that the copyright were
assigned to someone else

otoh, i guess if i should apply for a patent --> <-- an invisible smiley

 > +	Boffi's modeline hack as an example.
 > +@emph{E.g.}, Giacomo Boffi wanted a modeline that indicates whether the frame
 > +example format, up to the ``@code{;;; end of boffi-modeline-hack.el}''
 > +;;; boffi-modeline-hack.el
 > +;; Copyright (c) 2004  Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@@polimi.it>
 > +(defgroup boffi-modeline-hack nil "Giacomo Boffi's modeline hack."
 > +;; Boffi prefers red2 and red3 here.
 > +(defcustom boffi-modeline-hack-selected-background "LemonChiffon"
 > +  :group 'boffi-modeline-hack)
 > +(defcustom boffi-modeline-hack-deselected-background "Wheat"
 > +  :group 'boffi-modeline-hack)
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-selected-background
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-deselected-background
 > +(defun boffi-modeline-hack-setup ()
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-deselected-background)
 > +This approach causes a decided flicker on Boffi's platform, because the
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-deselected-background
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-deselected-background
 > +(defun boffi-modified-modeline-hack-setup ()
 > +  (set-face-background 'modeline boffi-modeline-hack-selected-background
 > +;;; end of boffi-modeline-hack.el

another preference: everyone like to see its name in print, but i'd
say that the above is a bit too much

ciao
                                                                  gb