From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Love Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: customized default face doesn't work on new frames Date: 20 Jan 2003 18:30:45 +0000 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043087543 25612 80.91.224.249 (20 Jan 2003 18:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18agib-0006er-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:32:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18agjs-0001Ww-00 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18agjD-0000un-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:32:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18agi5-0000Hj-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:31:50 -0500 Original-Received: from albion.dl.ac.uk ([148.79.80.39]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18agh3-00009q-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:30:45 -0500 Original-Received: from fx by albion.dl.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18agh3-0006Cc-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:30:45 +0000 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 8 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4264 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4264 If you customize the default face, it doesn't take effect on subsequently-created frames, which is surprising. The code somewhat suggests this is intentional, but I can't see why and the behaviour simply seems wrong. [I'm running up against this and other things trying to provide a useful interface to customizing fontsets in Emacs 22, so would like to know if there's any good reason for the status quo.]