From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24594: 24.5; `variable-pitch-mode': accept FACE arg instead of hardcoding the face Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 06:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a104ad1-ccf9-4b54-9773-e939d74aaac1@default> References: < > <<587cb6c7-44f8-4546-91ee-264416c965d6@default>> <<83oa31q5mr.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475501846 2354 195.159.176.226 (3 Oct 2016 13:37:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:37:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24594@debbugs.gnu.org, clement.pit@gmail.com To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 15:37:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3Qi-00083n-2q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:37:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37204 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3Qg-0004S3-JD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60506) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3QZ-0004RE-Ut for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3QU-0006eW-Pl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36498) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br3QU-0006eH-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3QU-0005ep-HX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24594 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24594-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24594.147550177321651 (code B ref 24594); Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2016 13:36:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42688 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3Ph-0005d9-D3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:24319) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br3Pg-0005cp-1d for 24594@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:36:12 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u93Da5xd028534 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:36:06 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u93Da5TR016402 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:36:05 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u93Da4VP005961; Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:36:04 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83oa31q5mr.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123953 Archived-At: > We already have buffer-face-mode. Not really the same. > > Was there some particular reason that a mode was written specifically f= or > variable-pitch (whether the face `variable-pitch' or variable-pitch faces= in > general), rather than providing a mode for any face? If not then agreed:= a > name change would be appropriate. >=20 > The variable-pitch face is a very general face: it stands for a face > using any variable-pitch font, of which there are gazillions. A single face. The face is hard-coded in the command. You cannot use the command with a different face. Being able to customize a face is something else altogether. And no, there is nothing special about face `variable-pitch'. In particular, there is nothing that prevents you from customizing it to a fixed-pitch face.