Re: customized default face doesn't work on new frames

[Richard Stallman]

    If you customize the default face, it doesn't take effect on
    subsequently-created frames, which is surprising.  The code somewhat
    suggests this is intentional, but I can't see why and the behaviour
    simply seems wrong.

I think that is a bug.  Where exactly does the code suggest this was
intentional?

I tried it just now, changing the background of `default' to purple,
and it did take affect for subsequently created frames--almost.  It
changed the background for text, but it did not work quite right in
setting the background for empty areas of the screen.  Is that what
you observed?

I have a suspicion that this relates to screen-gamma.