From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/53667 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: defface/defcustom question Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 17:45:13 +0200 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <84fzkb88a4.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84llu3ht35.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060443976 23163 80.91.224.253 (9 Aug 2003 15:46:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M2211@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Aug 09 17:46:14 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19lVv4-0003Bf-00 for ; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 17:46:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19lVuG-0002gX-00; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 10:45:24 -0500 Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com ([64.157.176.121]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19lVu8-0002gP-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 10:45:16 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 35292 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2003 15:45:16 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 35287 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2003 15:45:15 -0000 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net (HELO yxa.extundo.com) (217.13.230.178) by sclp3.sclp.com with SMTP; 9 Aug 2003 15:45:15 -0000 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h79FjDdk011883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 9 Aug 2003 17:45:13 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030809:ding@gnus.org:e53ca19f79a18471 X-Hashcash: 0:030809:ding@gnus.org:e53ca19f79a18471 In-Reply-To: <84llu3ht35.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann's?= message of "Sat, 09 Aug 2003 15:13:34 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53667 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53667 kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Simon Josefsson writes: > >> It also makes it possible to express "use the same face for this, that >> and this" and then later be able to change the face only once to >> change it in all places. > > But that's possible with regular faces already? Just use the same > symbol (face name) in all those places? You mean changing gnus source? I meant for users. >> And it simplifies font-lock stuff, compare >> gnus-server-font-lock-keywords. > > I looked at it. It looks simple. But I can't see how variables made > it simpler. font-lock-keywords uses face names, not faces. Compare info://Elisp/Faces%20for%20Font%20Lock