* bug#57064: describe-face accepts face_name as string
@ 2022-08-09 1:44 carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-09 18:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-09 1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 57064
The documentation for function `describe-face' states that a FACE has to be passed
(describe-face FACE &optional FRAME)
But the code also calls this
(if (stringp f) (setq f (intern f)))
Meaning that users can pass tho face-name as a string, but this possibility is not mentioned in the documentation of the function.
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2022-08-09 1:44 bug#57064: describe-face accepts face_name as string carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2022-08-09 18:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-08-09 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: carlmarcos; +Cc: 57064
carlmarcos@tutanota.com writes:
> The documentation for function `describe-face' states that a FACE has
> to be passed
>
> (describe-face FACE &optional FRAME)
>
> But the code also calls this
>
> (if (stringp f) (setq f (intern f)))
>
> Meaning that users can pass tho face-name as a string, but this
> possibility is not mentioned in the documentation of the function.
We don't document things that we're not recommending people do.
Closing.
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* bug#57064: describe-face accepts face_name as string
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@ 2022-08-09 18:41 ` carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-11 20:52 ` carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-09 18:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 57064
Aug 9, 2022, 18:30 by larsi@gnus.org:
> carlmarcos@tutanota.com writes:
>
>> The documentation for function `describe-face' states that a FACE has
>> to be passed
>>
>> (describe-face FACE &optional FRAME)
>>
>> But the code also calls this
>>
>> (if (stringp f) (setq f (intern f)))
>>
>> Meaning that users can pass tho face-name as a string, but this
>> possibility is not mentioned in the documentation of the function.
>>
>
> We don't document things that we're not recommending people do.
>
> Closing.
>
Why do you not want it used? What's so wrong about it?
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From: carlmarcos--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2022-08-11 20:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 57064
Aug 9, 2022, 18:30 by larsi@gnus.org:
> carlmarcos@tutanota.com writes:
>
>> The documentation for function `describe-face' states that a FACE has
>> to be passed
>>
>> (describe-face FACE &optional FRAME)
>>
>> But the code also calls this
>>
>> (if (stringp f) (setq f (intern f)))
>>
>> Meaning that users can pass tho face-name as a string, but this
>> possibility is not mentioned in the documentation of the function.
>>
>
> We don't document things that we're not recommending people do.
>
> Closing.
>
Why do you not recommend using the possibility exactly?
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