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bug#17532: 24.4.50; Options > `set-frame-font' does not work as document
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#17532: 24.4.50; Options > `set-frame-font' does not work as documented |
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Wed, 21 May 2014 21:46:42 +0300 |
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 11:03:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 17532@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > > But that doesn't cover future frames, either. It only affects the
> > > > existing GUI frames, per the doc string (and the code, which see).
> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >
> > > Where are you getting this? `C-h f set-frame-font' says clearly:
> > >
> > > Also, if FRAME is non-nil, alter the user's Customization settings as
> > > though the font-related attributes of the `default' face had been
> > > "set in this session", so that the font is applied to future frames.
> > >
> > > One of us seems to be sorely missing something. ;-)
> >
> > You are missing the previous sentence of the doc string.
>
> No, I was not missing that previous sentence:
>
> "If FRAMES is non-nil, it should be a list of frames to act upon,
> or t meaning all graphical frames."
>
> Where does it say that only existing frames should be affected?
It says that to me, because it doesn't mention future frames. Now I
made that clear by saying that explicitly.
> > > A face, including face `default', is not something that is frame-specific.
> >
> > Faces are _always_ frame-specific in Emacs. That includes the
> > 'default' face. Thus, changing the 'default' face does not imply the
> > change affects all frames, let alone future frames.
>
> That's not my understanding.
Your understanding is wrong.
> A face is defined independently of any place it might be displayed,
> including any frame.
>
> A face _attribute_ can have different values for a given face on
> different frames.
That's what I meant: the 'font' attribute of the 'default' face can be
different on each frame.
> That does not mean that the face itself is different.
You are playing word games. I explained above what I meant by saying
"faces are frame-specific". My point still stands: it is a legitimate
use case to have the default font different on different frames.
> A face's default attributes are what apply to newly created frames.
> Changing the default font of a face, in particular, should affect new
> frames. And particularly for face `default'.
That's not how Emacs works. If it did, you wouldn't need
default-frame-alist.
> What's more, the doc says clearly that a `t' value for `set-face-attribute'
> parameter FRAME " sets the attributes for all existing frames, as well
> as for newly created frames."
But set-frame-font doesn't call set-face-attribute with that argument
set to t, it calls set-face-attribute separately for each frame
returned by frame-list. So only on those frames we modify the font of
the default face, and of course those frames are only those that exist
at the moment of the call.
> The following commands and functions mostly provide compatibility
> with old versions of Emacs. They work by calling `set-face-attribute'.
> Values of `t' and `nil' for their FRAME argument are handled just like
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> `set-face-attribute' and `face-attribute'. The commands read their
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> arguments using the minibuffer, if called interactively.
>
> Why you would think that `set-face-font' should not do like this doc
> says and should be an exception to the rule that `t' affects newly
> created frames as well as existing frames, is beyond me.
I just read the code, and it tells a different story.
> > The very next bullet is about a different method of changing the font,
> > so it's not really relevant to what this first bullet describes.
>
> A different method of doing the same thing: changing the font for
> new frames!
That's your interpretation; the text doesn't say that.
> the doc is pretty much right in suggesting that new frames are also
> affected; the product is wrong in not respecting that.
"The product" never did. In fact, the argument FRAMES appeared only
in Emacs 24.1; before that, you couldn't even set the font for more
than just the selected frame. I wish it had stayed that way, but
that's me.