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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 5 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 4e154f7f263..01e869234fb 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -1803,6 +1803,11 @@ kind of customization item (@pxref{Customization}) which the user can customize using the Customization buffer (@pxref{Easy Customization,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). + People are sometimes tempted to create variables whose values specify +which faces to use (for example, Font-Lock does this). In the vast +majority of cases, this is not necessary, and simply using faces +directly is preferable. + @defmac defface face spec doc [keyword value]@dots{} This declares @var{face} as a customizable face that defaults according to @var{spec}. You should not quote the symbol @var{face}, |