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Re: mode-line-inactive and face inheritance
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: mode-line-inactive and face inheritance |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:08:27 -0500 |
> Looking at the two rewritten face specs doesn't persuade me this
> is desireable in general (the partial structuring doesn't really
> make things clearer to me).
I agree that the structuring tends to be a bit difficult to read.
> But for the :inherit tag, I can see it could be useful.
That's the main kind of use I had in mind: I hate duplication so I wanted
to reduce duplication between the different arms of a face spec.
> What happens if the `all' spec contains a tag which is also in the
> specific section? E.g. if all gives one foreground and the specific
> section another -- which one wins? (I would say the specific
> section).
Of course, the specific section should win, although I haven't actually
checked whether that's indeed what happens.
Stefan