From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 5105@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5105: 23.1; doc string of facemenu-set-face
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:06:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y5zzjzpn.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3750B6C4FBBD4720926A2FC57778497F@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:39:28 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > The doc string should say explicitly what the args are. In
>> > particular, it should say that FACE can be a string or a symbol.
>>
>> What does FACE mean if FACE is a string?
>
> You tell me. And other users.
>
> The answer is apparently...the face name.
> E.g., you can use the symbol `bold' or the string "bold".
Then I think it should be left undocumented. That the command takes a
string sounds like an historical artifact and should not be encouraged.
I'm closing this report.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-15 16:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-02 16:49 bug#5105: 23.1; doc string of facemenu-set-face Drew Adams
2011-07-13 14:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-13 15:39 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-15 16:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-15 16:13 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-18 14:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-18 16:55 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-01 21:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-01 21:47 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-01 22:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-01 22:48 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 0:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-02 0:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-02 1:36 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 15:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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