From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 13:17:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Don't claim that anonymous face can't be used in font-lock
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~786
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f301513a46809d0638487c2065847b5fa3f017e5;p=emacs.git

Don't claim that anonymous face can't be used in font-lock

* doc/lispref/display.texi (Faces): Anonymous functions can be
used when font locking, so adjust the injunction against them
(bug#35005).
---

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 6290c89cdc9..23758f6be96 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -2248,11 +2248,10 @@ is equivalent to a Lisp symbol with the same name.}.  Named faces are
 defined using the @code{defface} macro (@pxref{Defining Faces}).
 Emacs comes with several standard named faces (@pxref{Basic Faces}).
 
-  Many parts of Emacs require named faces, and do not accept
-anonymous faces.  These include the functions documented in
-@ref{Attribute Functions}, and the variable @code{font-lock-keywords}
-(@pxref{Search-based Fontification}).  Unless otherwise stated, we
-will use the term @dfn{face} to refer only to named faces.
+  Many parts of Emacs require named faces, but some do not accept
+anonymous faces (e.g., the functions documented in @ref{Attribute
+Functions}).  Unless otherwise stated, we will use the term @dfn{face}
+to refer only to named faces.
 
 @defun facep object
 This function returns a non-@code{nil} value if @var{object} is a