Re: kill ring menu

[Miles Bader]

Colin Walters <address@hidden> writes:
> > why not just add a variable that tells the redisplay engine to
> > ignore face properties for the buffer (it should probably keep paying
> > attention to overlays)?
> 
> And then M-x font-lock-mode would toggle that variable?  I can't think
> of a flaw in that solution.  Yes; I definitely like this idea more than
> my patch.

The biggest flaw that I can think of is that many modes use overlays to
add faces, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to turn them off.

-Miles
-- 
"1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"