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> > What does (custom-set-faces '(trailing-whitespace ((t nil)))) do?
[...]
> I just didn't want this code in my .emacs, after the point where my
[...]
> The customize behaviour here is to configure the face to be invisible,
> rather than to remove the configuration of that face from my .emacs
> file.  If this is what customize is meant to do in this case, please
> could we have a control on the GUI that says `customize back off here
> and say nothing about this face' for use by those who want to do this
> via our own elisp.

I think that's what the "erase customization" option is for
(in the menu that pops up when you middle-click on `state').
Have you tried it ?


	Stefan