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* need a way to override defface?
@ 2007-07-09 23:55 Drew Adams
  2007-07-10  2:46 ` Ryan Yeske
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2007-07-09 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs-Devel

`setq' will override a value already given to a variable by `defvar' or
`defcustom', but is there a way to override a face already defined by
`defface'?  Interactively, you can use `C-M-x' on another `defface' to
override the previous definition, but how can you do that programmatically
(without resorting to `eval-defun')?

If there is no good way to do this, how about adding one?

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* Re: need a way to override defface?
  2007-07-09 23:55 need a way to override defface? Drew Adams
@ 2007-07-10  2:46 ` Ryan Yeske
  2007-07-10  3:00   ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ryan Yeske @ 2007-07-10  2:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Drew Adams; +Cc: emacs-devel

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> `setq' will override a value already given to a variable by `defvar' or
> `defcustom', but is there a way to override a face already defined by
> `defface'?  Interactively, you can use `C-M-x' on another `defface' to
> override the previous definition, but how can you do that programmatically
> (without resorting to `eval-defun')?
>
> If there is no good way to do this, how about adding one?

What about the set-face-* functions?

Ryan

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* RE: need a way to override defface?
  2007-07-10  2:46 ` Ryan Yeske
@ 2007-07-10  3:00   ` Drew Adams
  2007-07-14 22:58     ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2007-07-10  3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ryan Yeske; +Cc: emacs-devel

> > `setq' will override a value already given to a variable by `defvar' or
> > `defcustom', but is there a way to override a face already defined by
> > `defface'?  Interactively, you can use `C-M-x' on another `defface' to
> > override the previous definition, but how can you do that
> programmatically
> > (without resorting to `eval-defun')?
> >
> > If there is no good way to do this, how about adding one?
>
> What about the set-face-* functions?

Sure. What I meant, however, was something analogous to what `setq' does for
`defvar' and `defcustom'. Something, for instance, that a user can put in
.emacs to override a predefined `defface'.

Yes, I realize that users can use Customize, but I'm thinking of something
less interactive.

As another example, I just sent a message to the list about a buff-menu.el
patch. In order for others to try it out, I need to tell people to
explicitly use `C-M-x' on a particular `defface' sexp. This is because
buff-menu.el is preloaded, it calls `defface', and the patch gives a
different definition of one of the faces. It would be simpler to give people
a snippet of code to load (not eval with `C-M-x'), to override the
predefined `defface'.

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* RE: need a way to override defface?
  2007-07-10  3:00   ` Drew Adams
@ 2007-07-14 22:58     ` Drew Adams
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2007-07-14 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

> From: Drew Adams Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:00 PM
> > > `setq' will override a value already given to a variable by
> > > `defvar' or `defcustom', but is there a way to override a face already
> > > defined by `defface'?  Interactively, you can use `C-M-x' on another
> > > `defface' to override the previous definition, but how can you do that
> > > programmatically (without resorting to `eval-defun')?
> > >
> > > If there is no good way to do this, how about adding one?
> >
> > What about the set-face-* functions?
>
> Sure. What I meant, however, was something analogous to what
> `setq' does for `defvar' and `defcustom'. Something, for instance, that
> a user can put in .emacs to override a predefined `defface'.
>
> Yes, I realize that users can use Customize, but I'm thinking of something
> less interactive.
>
> As another example, I just sent a message to the list about a buff-menu.el
> patch. In order for others to try it out, I need to tell people to
> explicitly use `C-M-x' on a particular `defface' sexp. This is because
> buff-menu.el is preloaded, it calls `defface', and the patch gives a
> different definition of one of the faces. It would be simpler to
> give people a snippet of code to load (not eval with `C-M-x'), to override
> the predefined `defface'.

Anyone else have an idea about this?

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