From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: +face-remapping-20040505-0.patch Date: 10 May 2004 09:42:16 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <871xltf6zb.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <874qqwrycm.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <20040505221256.GB7789@fencepost> <20040508013940.GB6489@fencepost> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084149399 32750 80.91.224.253 (10 May 2004 00:36:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 00:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon May 10 02:36:28 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BMymS-0002Ud-00 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 02:36:28 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BMymS-0000YP-00 for ; Mon, 10 May 2004 02:36:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMykV-0005L4-FO for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 20:34:31 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMyk4-0005Jd-83 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 20:34:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMyjW-0005Ck-NH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 20:33:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.132] (helo=smtp02.fields.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMyhj-00050M-8A; Sun, 09 May 2004 20:31:40 -0400 Original-Received: from filter01.fields.gol.com ([203.216.5.148] helo=localhost) by smtp02.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 1BMyhd-0001ej-P0; Mon, 10 May 2004 09:31:29 +0900 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-170.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.170] helo=tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp) by smtp02.fields.gol.com with asmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 1BMyhd-0001ed-0y; Mon, 10 May 2004 09:31:29 +0900 Original-Received: by tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 75A182F71; Mon, 10 May 2004 09:42:16 +0900 (JST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS GOL X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23007 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23007 Richard Stallman writes: > * In a face property, a list of faces is interpreted so that earlier faces in > the list _override_ later faces in the list. > > * In an face-inheritance list, _later_ faces override earlier faces. > > The order should be reversed for face-inheritance. The face that > comes first should always override those that come after. Ok; that's a slight incompability, so it should have a NEWS entry, right? BTW, I think perhaps the name `face-override-alist' is a better (clearer) name than `face-remapping-alist', especially if it essentially supports the same syntax as a face property. What do you think? -Miles -- `Suppose Korea goes to the World Cup final against Japan and wins,' Moon said. `All the past could be forgiven.' [NYT]