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24.3.50; doc string for `read-face-name'

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To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
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Subject: bug#12912: closed (24.3.50; doc string for `read-face-name')
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:48:02 +0000

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.3.50; doc string for `read-face-name'
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:37:34 -0800

This doc seems to be incomplete and unclear wrt DEFAULT.
 
It speaks of a case where DEFAULT is not a string.  It does not say what
else it must/can be (besides nil).  Can it be a symbol - e.g., a face
symbol?  Can it be a list of strings, i.e., multiple defaults?  A list
of faces (symbols)?
 
What's more, there is nothing in the doc string that indicates that the
face name(s) is/are read using `completing-read-multiple'.  Not that
that implementation detail need be mentioned explicitly, but its
_behavior_, i.e., what the behavior of `read-face-name' is, should be
described.
 
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2012-11-05 on MS-W7-DANI
Bzr revision: 110809 lekktu <at> gmail.com-20121105172930-a5gn0bwi4lndchhw
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
 -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/include -I../../libs/libXpm-3.5.10/src
 -I../../libs/libpng-1.2.37-lib/include -I../../libs/zlib-1.2.5
 -I../../libs/giflib-4.1.4-1-lib/include
 -I../../libs/jpeg-6b-4-lib/include
 -I../../libs/tiff-3.8.2-1-lib/include
 -I../../libs/libxml2-2.7.8-w32-bin/include/libxml2
 -I../../libs/gnutls-3.0.9-w32-bin/include
 -I../../libs/libiconv-1.9.2-1-lib/include'
 

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12912-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12912: 24.3.50; doc string for `read-face-name'
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:46:57 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This doc seems to be incomplete and unclear wrt DEFAULT.
>  
> It speaks of a case where DEFAULT is not a string.  It does not say what
> else it must/can be (besides nil).  Can it be a symbol - e.g., a face
> symbol?  Can it be a list of strings, i.e., multiple defaults?  A list
> of faces (symbols)?
>  
> What's more, there is nothing in the doc string that indicates that the
> face name(s) is/are read using `completing-read-multiple'.  Not that
> that implementation detail need be mentioned explicitly, but its
> _behavior_, i.e., what the behavior of `read-face-name' is, should be
> described.

Should be fixed now, thanks.

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