GNU bug report logs - #25030
elisp: highlighting of unexpected indentation should use separate face from highlight of error functions

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Message #21 received at 25030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>, 25030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#25030: 25.1; Unexpected indentation and syntax-highlighting
 in `emacs-lisp-mode'
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:32:16 -0700 (PDT)

> This may not be a bug, but it is certainly a mis-feature.
> 
> Warning should be reserved for syntax which may have unintended or
> surprising semantics. Indentation that does not follow a convention is
> not wrong either systacically or semantically.
> 
> Please remove this broken mis-feature.

I agree that warnings are not for such things.  Emacs too
often uses "warnings" for things that are not warnings.

On the other hand, I do appreciate this highlighting, though
at first I didn't think I would.  I think a different face
should be used for this - this is *warning* about anything.
That would let users control whether it is actually highlighted
(e.g., by resetting the face attributes to nil).

This is a duplicate of bug #18163, BTW.  And the thread
repeats that one...

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