Re: face-remapping patch

[David Reitter]

On 28 May 2008, at 15:46, Chong Yidong wrote:
> Looks reasonable, but could you explain what problem this solves?   
> Under
> what circumstances would a user or an Elisp library prefer to use
> face-remapping instead of redefining faces directly?

I like to edit LaTeX code and other texts with a different (variable- 
width) font, but I'll stick to a monospaced one for code.
Also, I like to change the background color (and a bunch of further  
faces) so I can more easily see what buffer I'm in.

These things are obviously buffer-specific.

I've been using code that changes faces and frame parameters from  
`change-major-mode-hook', but having buffer-specific faces implemented  
at C level is obviously a much cleaner solution.