Re: Face specifications in font-lock-keywords.

[Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> (I'm updating the node Search-based Fontification in the lisp manual.)
>> The lisp manual says that a FACESPEC can be a list of the form
>
>>   (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP2 VAL2...)
>
>> whereas the docstring of font-lock-keywords says that this can be a
>> list of the form:
>
>>   (face VAL1 PROP2 VAL2 PROP3 VAL3 ...)
>
>> The latter is obviously wrong.  But is the former correct?
>
> To me both are equivalent and correct.  What's the problem exactly?

Ah yes, now that you mention it: you could see them as equivalent.
The problem is that the second form suggests that VAL1 is of the same
type as VAL2 and VAL3, which is not the case.

> Regarding the discrepancy, I'd suggest we use the first form since
> it's a bit more explicit.

Ok.

Lute.