Re: Face precedence

[Matthew Calhoun]

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for your reply. I think when I said I was "defining faces" I 
gave you the impression that I was doing something more complicated 
than what I'm actually doing. I'm only setting the attributes of 
existing faces with custom-set-faces, like this:

        (custom-set-faces
		'(mode-line ((((type x w32 mac) (class color)) (:background "white" 
:foreground "black" :weight extra-bold))))
                '(mode-line-inactive ((t (:slant oblique :weight light))))
                '(region ((((class color)) (:background "#b5d5ff"))))
                '(isearch ((t (:inherit region :weight bold))))
		'(isearch-lazy-highlight-face ((((class color) (background light)) 
(:background "#d4d4d4" :foreground "black" :weight bold))))
                '(highlight-changes-face ((((class color)) (:inherit 
highlight))))
		'(highlight-changes-delete-face ((((class color)) (:box (:line-width 
1 :color "#3d80df")))))
                '(highlight-changes-face-1 ((t (:background "gray80"))) t)
                '(highlight-changes-face-2 ((t (:background "gray90"))) t)
                '(highlight-changes-face-3 ((t (:background "gray95"))) t)
		'(show-paren-match-face ((((class color)) (:foreground "saddle 
brown"))))
                '(show-paren-mismatch-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"red"))))
                '(font-lock-builtin-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"black"))))
                '(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"gray50"))))
                '(font-lock-constant-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"black"))))
		'(font-lock-function-name-face ((((class color)) (:foreground "black" 
:weight bold))))
                '(font-lock-keyword-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"black"))))
		'(font-lock-string-face ((((class color)) (:foreground "forest 
green"))))
                '(font-lock-type-face ((((class color)) (:foreground "black"))))
		'(font-lock-variable-name-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"blue"))))
                '(font-lock-warning-face ((((class color)) (:foreground 
"red"))))
                '(html-tag-face ((t (:foreground "dodger blue"))))
                '(html-helper-bold-face ((t (:foreground "black"))))
                '(html-helper-builtin-face ((t (:foreground "black"))))
                '(html-helper-italic-face ((t (:foreground "black"))))
                '(html-helper-underline-face ((t (:foreground "black"))))
		'(cperl-array-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground 
"orange"))))
		'(cperl-hash-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground 
"chocolate4"))))
		'(cperl-nonoverridable-face ((((class color) (background light)) 
nil)))
                '(mmm-default-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-cleanup-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-code-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-comment-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-declaration-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-output-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-special-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
                '(mmm-init-submode-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))
		'(highlight ((((class color)) (:background "#3d80df" :foreground 
"white"))))
                )

The highlight face I was referring to isn't something I implemented 
myself; it's just an existing face that I've customized. What I'm 
finding confusing is the way in which these faces are applied when more 
than 1 of them is in effect. I would appreciate any light you can shed 
on this subject.

Thanks,
Matt