bug#19912: facemenu-add-face: does not handle 'face being set to a property list

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

[…]

 > * lisp/facemenu.el (facemenu-add-face): Follow the (stricter) logic
 > of merge_face_ref when determining whether the value of the 'face
 > property is a sole face or a list thereof.  (Bug#???)

 > (Tested on c4e2be4587ec, 2015-02-16 07:22:46 UTC.)

 > Alternatively, a suitable, Lisp-callable predicate may be
 > split off ‘merge_face_ref’ (src/faces.c) and be used ine
 > ‘facemenu-add-face’.

        … Or should such a predicate be introduced to faces.el instead?
        The merge_face_ref () logic is a bit arcane, so I’d rather keep
        it confined to the inner parts of Emacs (whether faces.c,
        faces.el, or similar.)

        Please consider the revised patch MIMEd.

        * lisp/faces.el (face-list-p): New function.
        * lisp/facemenu.el (facemenu-add-face): Use it.  (Bug#19912)

        Unless there be objections, I hope to push this new change
        to ‘master’ within the next day or two.

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--- a/lisp/facemenu.el
+++ b/lisp/facemenu.el
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ defun facemenu-add-face (face &optional start end)
                                  face
                                (facemenu-active-faces
                                 (cons face
-                                      (if (listp prev)
+                                      (if (face-list-p prev)
                                           prev
                                         (list prev)))
                                 ;; Specify the selected frame
--- a/lisp/faces.el
+++ b/lisp/faces.el
@@ -273,6 +273,22 @@
   (not (internal-lisp-face-empty-p face frame)))
 
 
+(defun face-list-p (face-or-list)
+  "True if FACE-OR-LIST is a list of faces.
+Return nil if FACE-OR-LIST is a non-nil atom, or a cons cell whose car
+is either 'foreground-color, 'background-color, or a symbol starting
+with a colon (:)."
+  ;; The logic of merge_face_ref (xfaces.c) is recreated here.
+  (or (null face-or-list)
+      (and (consp face-or-list)
+          (symbolp (car face-or-list))
+          (not (memq (car face-or-list)
+                     '(foreground-color background-color)))
+          (let ((n (symbol-name (car face-or-list))))
+            (or (zerop (length n))
+                (not (eq ?: (aref n 0))))))))
+
+
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;; Setting face attributes from X resources.