Re: hl-line-face should be a face, not an option

[Stephen Berman]

On Mon, 07 May 2007 21:11:41 +0900 Miles Bader <address@hidden> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <address@hidden> writes:
>> Why not simply have hl-line-face defalias'd to hl-line?  Wouldn't that
>> suffice for backward compatibility (assuming that was the reason for
>> retaining hl-line-face)?
>
> `hl-line' is not a variable, so it makes no sense to use defalias.

Aha, ok.

> If backward compatibility is necessary, then I'm not sure there's any
> alternative to what was done.

Could hl-line-face be made a defvar instead of a defcustom?  It just
seems strange to invite users to customize the face hl-line and invite
them to effectively override that customization by subsequently
customizing hl-line-face.

Steve Berman