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[PATCH] Add optional inherit argument to 'face-all-attributes'

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Message #38 received at 77945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: shipmints <at> gmail.com
Cc: 77945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77945: [PATCH] Add optional inherit argument to
 'face-all-attributes'
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 11:11:25 +0300

Ping!  Are you still interested in installing this?  If so, could you
please post an updated patch?

> Cc: 77945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 11:31:05 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:45:40 -0400
> > Cc: 77945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > * lisp/faces.el (face-all-attributes): Add inherit argument and
>                                              ^^^^^^^
> Please quote "inherit 'like this'.
> 
> > +@code{set-face-attribute}; see below.  The optional argument
> > +@var{inherit} has the same definition as in @code{face-attribute}, which
>                               ^^^^^^^^^^
> "Meaning", not "definition".  Also, "which see" is redundant here,
> since face-attribute was described just above this function in the
> manual.
> 
> > +see.  This can aid understanding face definitions.
> 
> I'd either drop the last sentence, or say instead something like
> 
>   This is useful when you want the face attributes to be absolute and
>   not @code{unspecified}.
> 
> > ++++
> > +*** 'face-all-attributes' now accepts an optional inherit argument.
> 
> Please quote "inherit" here.
> 
> > +This will resolve all attributes.
> 
> This is inaccurate.  I'd suggest to remove this sentence, since the
> rest of the NEWS entry describes what it does more accurately.
> 
> >                                 'inherit' has the same meaning as
> > +'face-attribute', which already takes this argument for a single
> 
> "same meaning as the same argument to 'face-attribute'"
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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