[Psgml-user] setting bold, italic, etc in sgml files with PSGML 1.3.0

[Ron R. <ro...@co...>]

Hi,

In instances of a journal/tasklist dtd I use I sometimes set the content
of certain elements in bold or italic. I used the normal Emacs command
for this in the past (`M-g b') and it worked as expected.

Now, with psgml 1.3.0, it doesn't. After "applying" the face-change to a
region, the modeline shows an unsaved buffer-change, but the default
face remains the same. Other buffers in the same frame (with the same
frame-parameters, font, etc. do allow me to change weight and slant).

I noticed some recent changes to face-setting functions in the Changelog
file, but I'm having a hard time understanding what's going on. I see
that many face operations are conditioned on `sgml-use-text-properties',
`t' for text properties, `nil' for overlays. The value of this in my
setup is the default (`t'), I've never changed it (besides, that
variable exists since at least 1999).

So, is this a bug, or is it by design? If there's another programmatic
way of setting bold, italic, etc., I would like to know how. (Actually,
I was hoping to do something like this with psgml-fs.el).

Thanks in advance,

Ron