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@@ -437,19 +437,20 @@ to 'completion-styles' or 'completion-category-overrides' to use it. ** The 'completion-common-part' face is now visible by default. +++ -** New face attribute ':extend' to control face extension at EOL. -The new face attribute ':extend' controls whether to use the face for +** New face attribute ':extend' to control face extension at EOL. The +new face attribute ':extend' controls whether to use the face for displaying the empty space beyond end of line (EOL) till the edge of -the window. By default, this attribute is non-nil only for 'region', -'secondary-selection', 'hl-line' and some faces of Diff and Ediff -modes; any other face that crosses end of line will not affect the -display of the empty space at EOL. This is to make Emacs behave more -like other GUI applications with respect to displaying faces that -cross line boundaries. - -Themes that redefine faces should add a non-nil ':extend' attribute to -the above-mentioned faces, to keep the behavior of the default face -definitions. +the window. By default, this attribute is non-nil only for a small +number of faces, notably, 'region'; any other face that crosses end of +line will not affect the display of the empty space at EOL. This is +to make Emacs behave more like other GUI applications with respect to +displaying faces that cross line boundaries. + +This attribute behaves specially when theme definitions are applied: +if the theme doesn't specify an explicit value for a face, the value +from the original face definition is inherited. Consequently, a theme +generally shouldn't specify this attribute unless it has a good reason +to do so. ** Connection-local variables |