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bug#51595: 26.3; Face attribute value `unspecified' in `defface' breaks
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#51595: 26.3; Face attribute value `unspecified' in `defface' breaks Customize UI |
Date: |
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 15:13:56 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
tags 51595 + confirmed
found 51595 29.0.50
thanks
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> emacs -Q
>
> (defface foo '((t :background "LightBlue")) "DOC ..." :group 'faces)
> (defface bar '((t :foreground unspecified :background "LightBlue"))
> "DOC..." :group 'faces)
>
> `M-x customize-face foo' shows the UI for the attributes of the face.
>
> `M-x customize-face bar' shows only the Lisp value of the face spec. A
> user has no way to get from there to showing all of the attributes.
> There's no way to edit the face.
>
> The doc (Elisp manual) draws no such distinction - speaks of no such
> limitation. It just lists `unspecified' as one of the possible face
> attributes:
>
> "Apart from the values given below, each face attribute can have the
> value 'unspecified'."
(That's in (info "(elisp) Face Attributes").)
> This looks like a lacuna in the UI. You can specify `unspecified' in a
> `defface', and the face is perfectly usable and well-defined, but users
> can't edit it - can't manipulate its attributes.
I can reproduce this on current master.