Re: macos.texi updated

[David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>]

On 11 Oct 2005, at 15:44, Richard M. Stallman wrote:
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>
>     .default {
>      font-family: courier;
>      font-size: 13pt;
>      font-weight: bold;
>      font-style: italic;
>     }
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> I don't think that is useful in an Emacs context.
> It is no easier to type, no more concise, than a list
> of face attributes in Lisp syntax.  Where would we possibly
> want to use it?

Nowhere indeed. Normal lists will do the job, and they are better and  
easier to handle than the strings used now.

To do something to make the whole thing more usable, one can simply  
ensure that on each operating system the local standard font  
selection user interface is used. All systems offer some standard  
dialog to do that, and it would be a good idea if users can specify  
the lists with attributes in customization buffers as well, with the  
right widget.