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

From: Jambunathan K <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:09:43 +0530

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>> 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.

Here is the relevant thread:

        http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-10/msg00177.html

>         Stefan