Re: display-completion-list should not strip text properties

[Juri Linkov]

> Perhaps we could allow literal doc strings to contain special syntax that
> means "replace this sexp by its (string) value". This would be akin to \\[],
> \\<>, and \\{} for key bindings. Maybe use \\(...)?
>
> Then, you could write, for example:
>
> (defun foo ()
>   "mumble \\((propertize "toto" 'face 'highlight)) titi"
>   whatever)

Or using \, like in the query-replace string to eval part of the
replacement string:

(defun foo ()
  "mumble \\,(propertize "toto" 'face 'highlight) titi"
  whatever)

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/