Re: Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:28:29 +0100
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > Also, please don't change the header line as well.  For instance, the
> > header line in calc that reads "---- Emacs Calculator Mode ----" is now
> > totally broken.
> 
> Right, like Juri said:
> 
> (defface header-line
>   '((default
>      :inherit mode-line)
> 
> I wasn't aware of that, and I think the right fix here is to remove this
> inheritance -- I don't see any good reason to have this coupling between
> the mode line and the header lines.  Any opinions?

I'd expect removing the inheritance to produce no less breakage, as
many packages and customizations have no doubt grown to rely on that.