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bug#57064: describe-face accepts face_name as string
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carlmarcos |
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bug#57064: describe-face accepts face_name as string |
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Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:52:02 +0200 (CEST) |
Aug 9, 2022, 18:30 by larsi@gnus.org:
> carlmarcos@tutanota.com writes:
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>> The documentation for function `describe-face' states that a FACE has
>> to be passed
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>> (describe-face FACE &optional FRAME)
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>> But the code also calls this
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>> (if (stringp f) (setq f (intern f)))
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>> Meaning that users can pass tho face-name as a string, but this
>> possibility is not mentioned in the documentation of the function.
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> We don't document things that we're not recommending people do.
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> Closing.
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Why do you not recommend using the possibility exactly?