GNU bug report logs - #25168
25.1; variable-pitch face misbehaves

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 25168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25168: 25.1; variable-pitch face misbehaves
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 14:33:27 +0200
> From: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 07:22:41 -0500
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 25168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It would be nice to clarify that in the `text-scale-adjust` docstring.
> To be more specific, it currently repeats:
> 
>     the default face height
> 
> many times, and this can be interpreted as "the default (face height)"
> or "the (default face) height".  Worse, for people who don't know that
> there's an actual face called default, "Adjust the height of the default
> face" is just as confusing.

I made it say "adjust the height of the default face" because I think
it should be clear (or at least more clear than the original wording).




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