Subject: Re: 23.0.60; describe-face: Wrong type argument: symbolp, (:slant oblique)

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:29:10 -0500

> 1. emacs -q
> 2. Put the cursor on any of the characters in the phrase "ABSOLUTELY NO
> WARRANTY" in the splash screen.
> 3. Type C-u C-x =
> 4. In the resulting *Help* buffer click on the link labelled
> "(variable-pitch (:slant oblique))"
> => Emacs beeps and throws the error in the Subject line.

Since anonymous faces can't be usefully customized, I've changed
describe-face to ignore those.  Thanks for the bug report.