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Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:49:13 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
> > It doesn't need to use new faces. Surely there is some existing
> > font lock face that would be usable.
> >
> > Faces are like global variables - user options. You wouldn't think
> > of "reusing" some user option that happened to have a default value
> > of t or nil or 100 that you were after, instead of defining a new
> > user option that had the same default value - because customizing
> > one might not be appropriate for the uses of the other. The same is
> > true of faces.
>
> [Rest of lecture deleted]
>
> Uhm, Drew? There is a slight probability that Richard has some
> passing acquaintance with faces. Instead of lecturing him, it might
> be smarter to ask for an explanation if you don't get his point.
>
> Sorry to blaspheme in your eyes, but... Richard is (shudder) human, and is
> not always right. Please don't assume that disagreeing with Richard means
> not understanding his point. Likewise, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Marx, Dylan,
> and the rest.
>
> As to *your* technical point in this discussion: =?
Though David was a tad abrasive in pointing this out, I too didn't see
the point of your grand-post. After all, the whole point of the
default font-lock faces is to be re-used in many different situations.
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, (continued)
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/08/12
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Richard Stallman, 2006/08/13
- RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/13
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/08/13
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Richard Stallman, 2006/08/14
- RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/15
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/08/15
- RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/15
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, David Kastrup, 2006/08/15
- RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/15
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight,
Chong Yidong <=
- RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/15
- Re: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Richard Stallman, 2006/08/16
RE: definition lines in Info - 1) link, 2) highlight, Drew Adams, 2006/08/13