From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Face specifications in font-lock-keywords. Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:59:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87y8bwf5px.fsf@xs4all.nl> <871x9oc9i9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112796447 19114 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 14:07:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:07:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lute Kamstra , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 16:07:23 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJB3P-00021p-Mz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:58:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJAcW-0007pG-DR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:31:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJAc0-0007nn-JP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:30:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJAc0-0007nK-DY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:30:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJB4R-0001im-0L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 21355 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2005 13:59:23 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 6 Apr 2005 13:59:23 -0000 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <871x9oc9i9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:37:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:35629 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35629 Stefan Monnier 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? > Regarding the discrepancy, I'd suggest we use the first form since it's > a bit more explicit. IMO, both of these are hard to understand at first sight. I think (face FACE [PROP VAL]...) would be clearer. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk