Re: Standard faces not working with font-lock-keywords

[Ralf Angeli]

[I haven't received an email of your answer, so I am replying via
Gmane.]

* Stefan Monnier (2005-03-27) writes:

>>   (setq font-lock-keywords '(("foo" . bold)))
>                                         ^^^^
>
> This shouldn't be a face symbol but an expression (whose value is typically
> a face symbol).  I.e.:
>
>    (setq font-lock-keywords '(("foo" (0 'bold))))

Oh, thank you for this information.  I wasn't aware of this
distinction.

Does this mean using an expression is the canonical way of referring
to faces in `font-lock-keywords' and using a symbol is only supported
for reasons of backward compatibility by faces with an associated
variable?

-- 
Ralf