Subject: bug#37774: 27.0.50; new :extend attribute broke visuals of all themes and other packages

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:20:46 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> So you are saying that you don't like the new appearance?  The Subject
> says "broke visuals", which sounds like a much more serious problem.

It's not a question of aesthetics, but of usability.  For example, the
third party magit gets harder to use if the faces aren't adapted to
use the new extend property.

I don't know if there is any benefit to the new behaviour.  Is it just
stylistic?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas