On Nov 17, 2006, at 1:08 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

Is there a way to define a new face that's exactly like some other
face, except for certain changes? For example, I'd like to build a
face that's exactly font-lock-variable-name-face, except that it's
always italic.

(copy-face 'font-lock-variable-name-face 'my-new-face)

(set-face-attribute 'my-new-face nil :italic t)

HTH,

Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )

Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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