GNU bug report logs - #62370
28.1; sieve-mode: faces should inherit from font-lock-X-face faces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.1

Done: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62370: 28.1; sieve-mode: faces should inherit from font-lock-X-face faces
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:49:50 +0200

> From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:41:07 +1100
> 
> sieve-mode as at Emacs 28.1 defines its colors ab initio.

And there's nothing wrong with that, IMO.  Quite a few other modes do
the same.

> This means they have to be themed by hand.

Some modes already do.

> I think sieve-mode should inherit from font-lock-*-face,
> as most other things do.

I'm not sure I agree.  These faces are with us for a long time, so
changing their defaults now brings disadvantages: it could cause
someone dislike the result.

Does anyone else have an opinion about this?
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