From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: checkdoc (was: mh-e 6.2 imminent) Date: 24 Oct 2002 18:15:42 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xsmyvolsh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200210210726.g9L7QI1l014171@gbr.newt.com> <200210231948.g9NJmdBG015635@gbr.newt.com> <200210240725.g9O7PKI11467@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210240928.g9O9Sjs12808@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x65vsozso.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20021024144551.GA9747@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035472632 4824 80.91.224.249 (24 Oct 2002 15:17:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , Miles Bader , Bill Wohler , emacs-devel@gnu.org, mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 184jjQ-0001FV-00 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:17:08 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 184jle-0007sD-00 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:19:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184jiX-0002Xr-00; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:16:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 184jhy-0001tt-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:15:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 184jhv-0001rZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:15:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184jhv-0001p4-00; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id CB1597C017; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:15:32 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20021024144551.GA9747@gnu.org> Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8737 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8737 Miles Bader writes: > Have you tried it with a non `-face' face? Customize-face will automatically > put in a `face:' after the name to make it more clear. Obviuosly not :-) > > > So in my option -face suffix is preferable, and I would actually > > argue in favour of _recommending_ using it (which most lisp > > packages seem to do anyway)! > > No, it's probably more about half and half. In particular, the `base' faces > (those defined in faces.el) don't use it. Gnus/message/customize/widget/diff/ediff/font-lock all use the -face suffix. Only the basic faces seem not to use the -face suffix. > > As far as I can figure, the use of `-face' results from people confusing > faces with variables that point to faces; it seems that the latter used to > be more common than they are now (e.g. the variables and faces used by > font-lock). True. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk