From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Faces applies to new frames Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:36:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k5gbx12n.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87iqvty2e7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <871w2hcek1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hcbcsy8e.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878wwosvf6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214717834 21725 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2008 05:37:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 29 07:38:00 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 1KCpbr-0008SK-VH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:38:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57107 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCpb1-0001eK-MX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCpau-0001cj-MR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:37:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KCpas-0001bU-I7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:36:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41093 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KCpas-0001bM-EU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:36:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:42468 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KCpan-0007PS-Su; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:36:54 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkcFAFu8ZkhFxIdG/2dsb2JhbACBW60ZgXo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,721,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="23730523" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-70.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.70]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 29 Jun 2008 01:36:36 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 32335835A; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:36:36 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <878wwosvf6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:43:25 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:100122 Archived-At: > Maybe the facespec stuff is necessary (mainly becuase facespecs can > encode frame-type specific conditional settings), but face-attributes > and frame-paramter seem to cover roughly the same ground (with > frame-attributes being generally nicer and more functiona AFAICS). Are ^^^^^ face > frame-parameter settings ever actually necessary, other than for > historical compatibility with emacs 19/20? AFAIK, the main situation where setting face attributes via frame-parameters is useful/used is for things like minibuffer-frame-alist (where I use it to give a special font and background to my minibuffer-only frame(s)), and special-display-regexps. -- Stefan