*** `mode-line-emphasis' is used to highlight certain mode-line information;
for example while waiting for a VC command to finish.
-** Font-Lock (syntax highlighting) changes
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-*** `font-lock-comment-face' once again differs from the default on displays
-with fewer than 16 colors (e.g. older xterms and the Linux console),
-but only in the light background case.
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** Face changes
*** The new function `face-all-attributes' returns an alist describing