From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155710027 11888 80.91.229.2 (16 Aug 2006 06:33:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 16 08:33:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDExz-0000HU-EL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:33:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDExy-0004tt-Up for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDExo-0004tl-G3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDExn-0004tR-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDExn-0004tO-Gu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GDF40-0003RS-4A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1GDExm-0006Fu-Qk; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:33:14 -0400 Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-reply-to: 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:58430 Archived-At: Faces are like global variables - user options. You wouldn't think of "reusing" some user option that happened to have a default value of t or nil or 100 that you were after, instead of defining a new user option that had the same default value - because customizing one might not be appropriate for the uses of the other. The same is true of faces. We often do use a face for similar purposes in various contexts, just as we do for variables. How about waiting until after the release for this, and doing it right, creating separate faces for this feature? I won't insist on installing it now.