From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8397: 24.0.50; defcustom :type face Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:45:58 -0700 Message-ID: <1785F314BBE44370A77F2967B752FFAA@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301594854 26999 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2011 18:07:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:07:34 +0000 (UTC) To: 8397@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 31 20:07:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5MHF-0006XY-T5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:07:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56822 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5MHE-0002HY-TH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:45:57 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:45:56 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 Thread-Index: Acvvy34EBtlV9xDtQZSFA9Gcblx+CA== X-Source-IP: acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4D94BDD6.00D2:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:47:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:45543 Archived-At: Emacs 22 represents a regression in user friendliness wrt previous versions, when it comes to the Customize interface for type `face'. Prior to Emacs 22, you could simply click the `Select Face' button and then use TAB completion to see all faces and choose one. IOW, that button prompted you in the minibuffer for the face name, and hitting TAB immediately (no need to type anything) showed you the names of all faces. Starting with Emacs 22, you must type some text into the face-name field, then hit M-TAB. So you must know some of the face name ahead of time, instead of simply seeing all names as a reminder. Please restore the more user-friendly interface of Emacs 21 and prior, for choosing a face name. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-03-21 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include'