Re: customize-face with default and diff-added

["Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:07:43 -0400, Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:
> 
> > So i have default face set and when i try to set a custom face for
> > diff-added the default face details get removed. The default value is
> > set via set default font.
> 
> Could you be more specific about the exact steps you took?


(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "white" :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 128 :width normal :foundry "unknown" :family "Inconsolata")))))

I started with the above .emacs and enabled diff-mode and changed the
diff-added face. That result in the default face details to be removed
from the custom-set-faces above. The resulting .emacs was

(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(diff-added ((t (:inherit diff-changed :foreground "red")))))


-aneesh