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Subject: Re: face at point
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John Hunter <jdhunter@nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu> writes:
>
> Ie, how do I find out what face is responsible for a given segment of
> text in a given mode?
>

A long time ago, I found this is dejanews or reading one of the emacs
groups.  Put it in your .emacs, put your cusor where you care about,
and it will tell you want you want :)


;; Useful Function
(defun describe-face-at-point ()
  "Give the name of the faces at point."
  (interactive)
  (message (prin1-to-string (extent-face (extent-at (point) 
						    (current-buffer) 
						    'face)))))
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