bug#14157: 24.3.50; Improve facemenu.el: Better "integration" with other libraries

[Stefan Monnier]

> As I indicated the blocker is that facemenu.el doesn't play nicely with
> font-lock-modes.
> Do you think that it is possible to achieve what users are requesting
> without using overlays?

And here's for another suggestion: implement the "planes" I suggested
elsewhere some times ago.  Then we could get rid of
char-property-alias-alist and let any package use its own "face"
property without conflict.
This could also be a GSoC candidate.


        Stefan