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"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> For example, suppose this is the definition of face `foo':
>
> (defface foo
>     '((((background dark)) (:foreground "DarkGreen"))
>       (t (:foreground "Red")))
>   "...")
>
> And suppose this has been evaluated, temporarily "customizing" the face
> outside of Customize:
>
> (set-face-attribute 'foo nil :foreground "Yellow")
>
> And suppose that the background mode is not `dark'. Then the spec that needs
> to be written if this face is saved is this:
>
>  '((((background dark)) (:foreground "DarkGreen"))
>    (t (:foreground "Yellow")))
>

(set-face-attribute FACE nil ...) overrides all other settings of FACE,
so I don't think the `(background dark)' part should be saved.

-- 
Johan Bockgård