From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24594: 24.5; `variable-pitch-mode': accept FACE arg instead of hardcoding the face Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:12:24 +0300 Message-ID: <83d1jhplmf.fsf@gnu.org> References: < > <<587cb6c7-44f8-4546-91ee-264416c965d6@default>> <<83oa31q5mr.fsf@gnu.org>> <3a104ad1-ccf9-4b54-9773-e939d74aaac1@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475504023 18713 195.159.176.226 (3 Oct 2016 14:13:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:13:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24594@debbugs.gnu.org, clement.pit@gmail.com To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 16:13:38 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zY-0001ia-Qn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:13:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37364 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zX-0003aD-Eh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39124) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zP-0003Xy-7K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zK-00028U-Bq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:13:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36911) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zK-00028Q-8e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3zK-00071d-4q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24594 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24594-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24594.147550394426934 (code B ref 24594); Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2016 14:12:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43101 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3yi-00070M-1L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:12:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47982) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3yg-000703-J4 for 24594@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:12:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3yX-0001uZ-Ic for 24594@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:12:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59922) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3yX-0001u4-FT; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:12:13 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1753 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1br3yV-0005Te-JL; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:12:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <3a104ad1-ccf9-4b54-9773-e939d74aaac1@default> (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 3 Oct 2016 06:36:03 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123955 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 06:36:03 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: clement.pit@gmail.com, 24594@debbugs.gnu.org > > > The variable-pitch face is a very general face: it stands for a face > > using any variable-pitch font, of which there are gazillions. > > A single face. Yes, a mode that was made for using a single face. There's nothing wrong about that. > The face is hard-coded in the command. You cannot use the command > with a different face. Being able to customize a face is something > else altogether. Yes, I understood that the first time. Reiterating this doesn't help in any way. > And no, there is nothing special about face `variable-pitch'. In > particular, there is nothing that prevents you from customizing it > to a fixed-pitch face. Of course. But why would one want to do that? It's like customizing a color named "black" to have the same appearance as "white". Anyway, looks like one more of those arguments that go nowhere, so I'm out.