integral-dw / scalpel

Simple text property editing in Emacs buffers

Scalpel: A Simple Tool for Manual Text Property Editing

About

This package provides small tools to painlessly insert text properties in a buffer. The primary focus lies in messing with a buffer’s face properties. I wrote these tools for Font Lock debugging, essentially.

Quick rundown

I don’t expect anyone to bother using this, but if you do:

scalpel-anonymous-face

A buffer-local anonymous face (see info node) you can edit interactively or from lisp.

scalpel-edit-anon-face

The main function used to interactively edit the above. It also always shows a small sample preview of the face as you’re creating it.

scalpel-clear-anon-face

Quickly reset the anonymous face.

scalpel-apply-anon-face

Applies the anonymous face to the region between point and mark.

scalpel-apply-face

Applies a named face to the given region.

scalpel-add-text-propery

Applies a generic text property.