GNU bug report logs - #37774
27.0.50; new :extend attribute broke visuals of all themes and other packages

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 37774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#37774: 27.0.50; new :extend attribute broke visuals of all
 themes and other packages
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 17:24:19 +0200

On 09.12.2019 16:42, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: 37774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
>> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 16:07:54 +0200
>>
>>> I guess you loaded the tests as a .el file?
>>
>> Exactly. How else do you run the tests interactively?
> 
>    M-x load-file RET foo.elc RET
>    M-x ert-run-tests-interactively RET RET

Ok, thanks. It'll be better to use some safer faces, though. Or even 
define those inside the test file.

>>> Why did you lose the sentence that starts with "By default"?
>>
>> Because it's been untrue for some time. More faces than just region and
>> hl-line have this attribute set. I have put the (hopefully) full list in
>> NEWS now, but it's getting ridiculous. Certainly not something to
>> mention in the manual.
> 
> We could say something like "'region' and some others".  Not saying
> that some have this by default would be a mistake, IMO.

The original wording implies an exhaustive list. How would you like it 
to be phrased now?

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