From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:49:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bqqllimu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EIENLHALHGIMHGDOLMIMKEIKCKAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:56:15 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> > It doesn't need to use new faces. Surely there is some existing
> > font lock face that would be usable.
> >
> > Faces are like global variables - user options. You wouldn't think
> > of "reusing" some user option that happened to have a default value
> > of t or nil or 100 that you were after, instead of defining a new
> > user option that had the same default value - because customizing
> > one might not be appropriate for the uses of the other. The same is
> > true of faces.
>
> [Rest of lecture deleted]
>
> Uhm, Drew? There is a slight probability that Richard has some
> passing acquaintance with faces. Instead of lecturing him, it might
> be smarter to ask for an explanation if you don't get his point.
>
> Sorry to blaspheme in your eyes, but... Richard is (shudder) human, and is
> not always right. Please don't assume that disagreeing with Richard means
> not understanding his point. Likewise, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Marx, Dylan,
> and the rest.
>
> As to *your* technical point in this discussion: =?
Though David was a tad abrasive in pointing this out, I too didn't see
the point of your grand-post. After all, the whole point of the
default font-lock faces is to be re-used in many different situations.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-15 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-11 15:16 definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight Drew Adams
2006-08-11 19:24 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-12 11:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-12 17:33 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-12 21:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-13 13:53 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-13 14:10 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-13 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-15 2:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-15 14:57 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-15 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-15 20:05 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-15 21:01 ` David Kastrup
2006-08-15 21:56 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-15 22:49 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2006-08-15 23:24 ` Drew Adams
2006-08-16 6:33 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-13 17:33 ` Drew Adams
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