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

[Miles Bader]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:09:16 +0200, Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> wrote:
> > No, it's just an expression -- for the standard font-lock faces there
> > are variable names that are _exactly_ the same as the face names,
> > which evaluate to the corresponding face name.
> 
> Yes, that was what I was referring to.  But as only the font-lock
> faces and not the standard faces provide these variables, wouldn't it
> make sense to encourage the use of expressions and deprecate the use
> of symbols?

?? 

The "symbols" are expressions.  Do you mean "encourage the use of
quoted face names instead of using the corresponding variable?"

I think that makes sense.

> AUCTeX is using both a defface and a defvar for defining its faces as
> well.  But if only expressions are used in `font-lock-keywords', I can
> get rid of the defvars.

I'd say it's silly to keep around both.

-Miles
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