why does it work with a face though?

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > This slightly different code (differs only in assigning an anonymous face
> > instead of an actual face doesn't do that exactly. Today is still marked
> > red, but it is no longer selected with the inverse square. Neighboring
> days
> > do get the red square, but not "today".
> >
> > (let* ((mark-calendar (lambda ()
> > (calendar-mark-visible-date
> > (read (format-time-string "(%m %d %Y)"))
> > (list :foreground "red" :weight 'bold))))
> >        (calendar-today-visible-hook))
> >   (add-hook 'calendar-today-visible-hook
> >    mark-calendar)
> >   (org-read-date))
>
> That's because cursor background becomes the same as text foreground and
> Emacs prevents the clash.
>
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