From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35076: [26.1] delete-face [FEATURE REQUEST] Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:09:36 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20190402000403.rb3cb4b6tzqys4vy@E15-2016.optimum.net> <8336n0h3yp.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21722"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 35076@debbugs.gnu.org, Boruch Baum To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 21 04:10:16 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wVU-0005YY-Og for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 04:10:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59980 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wVT-0001Ce-6n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49102) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wVG-0001C7-Rw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33048) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wVG-0008Sv-Ig for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wVG-0007S9-DN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35076 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35076-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35076.159797578628610 (code B ref 35076); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35076) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Aug 2020 02:09:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44592 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wV0-0007RJ-24 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:09:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-f170.google.com ([209.85.219.170]:34529) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k8wUw-0007R0-J8 for 35076@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-f170.google.com with SMTP id u6so249446ybf.1 for <35076@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:09:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=P+9xOaxnne+mcWK9Yfjnu5Q3YyPW+4N1i68zZDBoU0o=; b=eG/rzdBcMqe0EhHoZWH/9JD70YbcRtz4U92ZvyTJtm5QxgzUh/YZt0tAXvdgF+Z1mF zrhaZtDTzj4cq2TmPjXgX6+p9yQTNEV2OPzs6mcuXZUmFTuJuxghfvJsU0U6fwvYp6Wl DowdV1RLu4saCWWiNPF8X3TLnq4k62kUaRpLsvjcqA6ozcdgX/eQCvbETj0JDvHYowOx NvSBNhjgYQidmRXawsYMWekgXchQTVnvlTEGsDlExUvnye6TIW5Pbw00nAD3nBMRdXXh 2z9fsLWXOuQ1cLO4vHHiApaZa32bmMj8c7Btzmh/kPY45bnpApKfdmTnReMjMZd8DLEw OK7A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533y7hRjlfvzV++pQz/kT6nmeLdb1FAqQSdGn3OaXtrg4wPJy7sU fyVNJqD5eWMPMdmk4W1yAPlevSBV6gN1rl8+TVg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwB1ao7QIR3OYKIJacxhIfUPZGfPiuno7xSp7fShLrPi2XgCNNSGISr1AUQ0eq/QIhks1P2hsUpV3a59yP40tg= X-Received: by 2002:a25:4ed7:: with SMTP id c206mr892895ybb.129.1597975777155; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:09:36 -0700 In-Reply-To: <8336n0h3yp.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:33:18 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:185806 Archived-At: tags 35076 + wontfix close 35076 thanks Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:04:03 -0400 >> From: Boruch Baum >> >> I don't see any command or recommended method for deleting a face. Is >> there one? Shouldn't there either be one, or a discussion about it in >> the documentation? > > Maybe I'm missing something, but why would we need such a method? > What would be a practical use case where it's necessary to delete a > face (as opposed to simply leaving it alone and not using it)? > > I'm asking because implementing this will not be trivial, what with > all the places where faces are recorded and cached, so we'd need a > good reason to do that. OTOH, Emacs already knows how to replace a > face when it is redefined, so it isn't like we waste memory here. The above quote by Eli makes it clear that we would need a very good reason to do something like this. It seems like we are missing that here, and no further details have been given within over a year. I'm therefore closing this bug report as wontfix. Best regards, Stefan Kangas