Re: [PATCH] emacs: use new face for notmuch-jump and related

Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: use new face for notmuch-jump and related

Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 22:41:48 +0300

To: Protesilaos Stavrou, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: Tomi Ollila


On Fri, May 21 2021, Protesilaos Stavrou wrote:

> The minibuffer-prompt face that was used before made it impossible to
> differentiate between two distinct UI elements: (i) the prompt's text
> which itself cannot be acted upon, (ii) the actionable keys used to
> jump to searches/tags.
>
> The use of a named face, notmuch-jump-key, makes it possible for users
> or theme developers to apply properties that are specific to each of
> those two cases.
>
> In the interest of backward compatibility, the new face inherits from
> minibuffer-prompt.

This looks like a good change. How does one test this
and see the difference?

Tomi

> ---
>  NEWS                  | 4 ++++
>  emacs/notmuch-jump.el | 9 +++++++--
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index c0ae6afe..83e42b44 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ Emacs
>  Restore the dynamically bound variables `tag-changes` and `query` in
>  in `notmuch-before-tag-hook` and `notmuch-after-tag-hook`.
>  
> +Add `notmuch-jump-key` face to fontify keys in `notmuch-jump` and
> +related functions.  To ensure backward compatibility, the new face
> +inherits from `minibuffer-prompt`.
> +
>  Notmuch 0.32 (2021-05-02)
>  =========================
>  
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-jump.el b/emacs/notmuch-jump.el
> index 6fab5a79..e228c8a2 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch-jump.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch-jump.el
> @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ (defun notmuch-jump-search ()
>        (error "To use notmuch-jump, %s"
>  	     "please customize shortcut keys in notmuch-saved-searches."))))
>  
> +(defface notmuch-jump-key
> +  '((t :inherit minibuffer-prompt))
> +  "Default face used for keys in `notmuch-jump' and related."
> +  :group 'notmuch-faces)
> +
>  (defvar notmuch-jump--action nil)
>  
>  ;;;###autoload
> @@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ (defun notmuch-jump (action-map prompt)
>  	    (buffer-string)))
>  	 (full-prompt
>  	  (concat table "\n\n"
> -		  (propertize prompt 'face 'minibuffer-prompt)))
> +		  (propertize prompt 'face 'notmuch-jump-key)))
>  	 ;; By default, the minibuffer applies the minibuffer face to
>  	 ;; the entire prompt.  However, we want to clearly
>  	 ;; distinguish bindings (which we put in the prompt face
> @@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ (defun notmuch-jump--format-actions (action-map)
>      ;; Format each action
>      (mapcar (pcase-lambda (`(,key ,desc))
>  	      (setq key (format-kbd-macro key))
> -	      (concat (propertize key 'face 'minibuffer-prompt)
> +	      (concat (propertize key 'face 'notmuch-jump-key)
>  		      (make-string (- key-width (length key)) ? )
>  		      " " desc))
>  	    action-map)))
> -- 
> 2.31.1
>
>
>
> -- 
> Protesilaos Stavrou
> https://protesilaos.com
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