Paul Tretter wrote: >What I typically do is just change the system object to conform to a default >that I can work with through my layouts. For example the edge object is not >defined within the Text-list style. Therefore, I just add the default face >edge to the text-list such as: > >system/view/vid/vid-styles/text-list/edge: make object! [ > color: 200.200.200 > image: none > effect: none > size: 2x2 >] > >now I can work with text-list more easily throughout all the remaining >layouts I define such as: > >view layout [text-list with [edge/color: red]] > well, now you can use edge directly, but still - try to delete 'with block - and you will see that your global setting was influenced, as all further text-list will have red edge no matter if you specify it or not ... and that is not correct behavior imo ....
btw: could 'make-face help to make our life easier? ->> help make-face USAGE: MAKE-FACE style /styles ss /clone /size wh /spec blk /offset xy DESCRIPTION: Make a face from a given style name or example face. MAKE-FACE is a function value. ARGUMENTS: style -- A name or a face (Type: word object) REFINEMENTS: /styles ss -- Stylesheet (Type: any) /clone -- Copy all primary facets /size wh -- Size of face (Type: pair) /spec blk -- Spec block (Type: block) /offset xy -- Offset of face (Type: pair)) PS: and guys ... try to delete at least few lines of text you are not quoting directly :-) -pekr- > > > >Paul Tretter > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.