From: Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra.lists@xs4all.nl>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Face specifications in font-lock-keywords.
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:16:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k6ngf0rv.fsf@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871x9oc9i9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:37:50 -0400")
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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-06 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-06 12:30 Face specifications in font-lock-keywords Lute Kamstra
2005-04-06 13:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-06 13:59 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-04-06 16:22 ` Ralf Angeli
2005-04-06 17:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-06 18:48 ` Ralf Angeli
2005-04-06 22:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-07 6:58 ` Ralf Angeli
2005-04-07 12:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-06 14:16 ` Lute Kamstra [this message]
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