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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "19298@debbugs.gnu.org" <19298@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#19298: 25.0.50; `set-frame-font': non-nil FRAMES argument
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:50:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488662EDDAFF5D4A1E2CC14F3149@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83oa8rnjnx.fsf@gnu.org>

> > > Hard to believe that there is no simple way to change the font of a
> > > frame and NOT ALSO change custom settings without selecting that frame.
> > >
> > > Why does that design make sense?
> >
> > I can see how it makes sense from a "where on earth do I stash this
> > setting, then?" implementation point, but from a user interface point it
> > seems very odd indeed.
> 
> And I'm asking why in the world would some Lisp change the default
> font of several frames, except if the user wanted that customized??
> Will you Lisp programmers please keep your hands off my fonts?!

Not all Lisp code is used behind a user's back against
her will.  A user can want to use a command that does
exactly that.  If so, that's the user's choice.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-13 21:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-07 20:24 bug#19298: 25.0.50; `set-frame-font': non-nil FRAMES argument Drew Adams
2016-04-30 16:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-30 16:30   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-13 21:50     ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-07-13 19:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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