Subject: Re: bug#77945: [PATCH] Add optional inherit argument to 'face-all-attributes'

From: Ship Mints <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:45:40 -0400

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > From: Ship Mints <[email-masked]>
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:15:13 -0400
> >
> > The subject says it all.  I find this quite convenient to examine a face
> definition and its merged, effective
> > definition.
>
> Please describe the situations where you need this, and what is
> missing if the inherited attributes are not shown.
>
> > It's not clear to me if this warrants news.
>
> It does.  Moreover, the function's documentation in the ELisp manual
> needs to be updated.
>

I've found this useful when trying to understand face definitions and when
inheritance is out of order vs. intended.

Updated patch attached.

-Stephane