From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: face-remapping patch Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:46:01 -0400 Message-ID: <87hcci4hcm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211986355 7908 80.91.229.12 (28 May 2008 14:52:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Miles Bader" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 28 16:53:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K1Mzc-0000SK-B6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:51:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37259 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K1Myr-0004lf-2j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:50:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1Myn-0004l2-5v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:50:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1Myk-0004jI-C9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:50:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40244 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K1Myk-0004j8-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:50:14 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:43820) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K1Myh-0004CB-9O; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3CD944E2E5; Wed, 28 May 2008 10:46:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Tue, 27 May 2008 11:49:15 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:97904 Archived-At: "Miles Bader" writes: > I've attached my face-remapping patch to this message (I needed to > untangle it from some other changes). > > I've used regularly in my personal emacs for many years, and in light > testing the patch seems to work fine against the current trunk. Looks reasonable, but could you explain what problem this solves? Under what circumstances would a user or an Elisp library prefer to use face-remapping instead of redefining faces directly?