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Improve support for min-colors req in `defface'. lisp/faces.el (face-spec-set-match-display): Protect against `display-color-cells' returning nil. Delete unreferenced let-binding of `min-colors'. man/lispref/customize.texi (Face Definitions): New node. (Customization): Add entry to menu. (Variable Definitions): Add cross-ref for `defface'. (Customization Types): Fixup Previous link. man/lispref/faces.texi (Faces): Clarify that built-in properties of faces are computed at runtime.
author Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
date Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:13:14 +0900
parents b6e59ea11533
children 9fae6227ede5
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--- a/man/lispref/faces.texi	Thu Mar 17 21:50:34 2011 +0000
+++ b/man/lispref/faces.texi	Sat Mar 19 22:13:14 2011 +0900
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
 
 Each built-in property of a face is controlled using a specifier,
 which allows it to have separate values in particular buffers, frames,
-windows, and devices and to further vary according to device type
-(X or TTY), device class (color, mono, or grayscale) and number of
-displayable colors (min-colors).
-@xref{Specifiers}, for more information.
+windows, and devices.  These properties are computed when the face is
+instantiated, allowing them to vary according to properties of the
+display device, such as type (X or TTY), visual class (color, mono, or
+grayscale), and number of colors displayable on the device.
+@xref{Specifiers}, for more information on specifiers.
+@xref{Face Definitions}, for defining faces whose properties vary
+according to their runtime environments.
 
 The face named @code{default} is used for ordinary text.  The face named
 @code{modeline} is used for displaying the modeline.  The face named