Re: Eliminating a couple of independent face definitions

[Jambunathan K]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:

> The basic problem is that faces are not colors.  Faces are not fonts.
> (Where have I heard this before? ;-)  A face is a semantic component,
> intended to express meaning.  Common meanings should have a common
> expression.  Thus, for text modes there should be an "emphasis" face,
> and of course a "bogus whitespace" face for us pedants.  In
> programming modes, "identifier" and "keyword" are common semantics.
> In compile modes, "info", "file", "position" (usually line number),
> "function", "error", and "warning" are common semantics.  In shell
> modes, several levels of "prompt".  Electric modes may want a "paren
> flash" face.  Search modes a "hit" face and a "secondary hit" face.

Orgmode has it's own set of semantic elements (may I say, broadly
relating to scheduling and task & information management) - todo states,
timestamps, tags ...

Jambunathan K.