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bug#14629: 24.3.50; (elisp) `Face Attributes', :font -> "font object"
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#14629: 24.3.50; (elisp) `Face Attributes', :font -> "font object" |
Date: |
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 17:01:50 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:37:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> > (*note Attribute Functions::), you may also supply a font spec,
>
> What is a font spec? Is it something like the XLFD string above?
>
> > a font entity,
>
> What is a font entity?
There's a cross-reference there to "Low-Level Font", which tells you
something about these objects.
> > or a string.
>
> What kind of string? What's the format?
There's a cross-reference there to "Fonts" in the Emacs manual, which
answers that question.
> > Emacs converts such values to an appropriate font object,
>
> As I mentioned before, "font object" seems to be defined nowhere -
> at least not in the node cross-referenced for it. What is a font
> object?
See above.
> Beyond the doc, there is a real product bug - see #14634.
> In particular, attribute :font seems to have *no effect* when you do,
> for example, this:
>
> (propertize myfont 'face (list :font myfont))
What is 'myfont' in this example?
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