Re: text properties in tex mode

[martin rudalics]

> I use Emacs's plain TeX mode (i.e. not AucTeX), with font-lock deactivated. 
(And Emacs 22.3.)
>
> I'd like to be able to change the background color of a piece of text
> to, say, yellow, by selecting it with the mouse, and then doing Edit ->
> Text Properties -> Background Color.
>
> However this fails with a message "Face ((:background yellow)) not
> configured for latex mode".  How do I get around this?

How about using

(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook
          (lambda ()
            (set (make-local-variable 'facemenu-add-face-function) nil)))

martin