RE: cannot understand Elisp manual node Glyphs

[Stuart D. Herring]

>> You set each element of the vector using make-glyph-with-face, e.g.
>>
>> (vector (make-glyph-with-face ?x 'bold)
>>         (make-glyph-with-face ?y 'bold)
>>         (make-glyph-with-face ?z 'bold))
>
> I see; thx.

For what it's worth, I offer

(defun string-to-glyphs (str &optional face)
  "Return a glyph vector representing string STR with face FACE."
  (vconcat (mapcar (lambda (c) (make-glyph-with-face c face)) str)))

where I have trivially extended Kim's function:

(defun make-glyph-with-face (c face)
  "Return a glyph code representing char C with face FACE."
  (logior c (lsh (if face (face-id face) 0) 19)))

Davis

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