From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at>,
35005@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35005: 27.0.50; Fontification unexpectedly works with anonymous faces
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:13:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871rur4u4j.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv7e4khcyb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:38:38 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> AFAIK anonymous faces work fine in font-lock. They can be a bit more
> delicate to us because many places that accept faces also accept lists
> (either of faces or of other things) but in general there's no real
> restriction that I know of.
>
> So I think the "do not accept" part is not true (any more?), but it's
> still the case that you're generally better off using named faces
> when possible.
OK, I'll adjust the text in the manual. Names faces are preferable, but
generating faces on the fly is sometimes necessary.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-01 13:13 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <83r2arj7rv.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-10-31 17:24 ` bug#35005: 27.0.50; Fontification unexpectedly works with anonymous faces Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-31 20:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-01 13:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-11-02 9:10 ` Markus Triska
2019-11-02 15:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-09 17:43 ` Markus Triska
2019-11-09 18:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-09 20:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-09 21:02 ` Markus Triska
2019-11-09 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-09 21:29 ` Markus Triska
2019-11-10 1:52 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-31 21:09 ` Markus Triska
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