GNU bug report logs - #40750
Use error face for errors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:55:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 40750 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <ndame <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: bug#40750: Use error face for errors
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:38:52 +0100

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> I agree, but in theory there could be a customisable face for this that
> defaults to the current default.

That's true.

> But is it even possible to systematically tell whether a given message
> corresponds to an error?

I imagined `error' (and `signal'?) putting a face on the return value
from `format-message':

  (signal 'error (list (apply #'format-message args))))

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