(defcustom facemenu-listed-faces nil
"*List of faces to include in the Face menu.
-Each element should be a symbol, which is the name of a face.
+Each element should be a symbol, the name of a face.
The \"basic \" faces in `facemenu-keybindings' are automatically
-added to the Face menu, and are not included in this list.
-
-You can set this list before loading facemenu.el, or add a face to it before
-creating that face if you want it to be listed. If you change the
-variable so as to eliminate faces that have already been added to the menu,
-call `facemenu-update' to recalculate the menu contents.
-
-If this variable is t, all faces will be added to the menu. This
-is useful for setting temporarily if you want to add faces to the
-menu when they are created."
+added to the Face menu, and need not be in this list.
+
+This value takes effect when you load facemenu.el. If the
+list includes symbols which are not defined as faces, they
+are ignored; however, subsequently defining or creating
+those faces adds them to the menu then. You can call
+`facemenu-update' to recalculate the menu contents, such as
+if you change the value of this variable,
+
+If this variable is t, all faces that you apply to text
+using the face menu commands (even by name), and all faces
+that you define or create, are added to the menu. You may
+find it useful to set this variable to t temporarily while
+you define some faces, so that they will be added. However,
+if the value is no longer t and you call `facemenu-update',
+it will remove any faces not explicitly in the list."
:type '(choice (const :tag "List all faces" t)
(const :tag "None" nil)
(repeat symbol))
;;;###autoload
(defun facemenu-set-face (face &optional start end)
- "Add FACE to the region or next character typed.
-This adds FACE to the top of the face list; any faces lower on the list that
-will not show through at all will be removed.
-
-Interactively, reads the face name with the minibuffer.
-
-If the region is active (normally true except in Transient Mark mode)
-and there is no prefix argument, this command sets the region to the
-requested face.
-
-Otherwise, this command specifies the face for the next character
-inserted. Moving point or switching buffers before
-typing a character to insert cancels the specification."
+ "Apply FACE to the region or next character typed.
+
+If the region is active (normally true except in Transient
+Mark mode) and nonempty, and there is no prefix argument,
+this command applies FACE to the region. Otherwise, it applies FACE
+to the faces to use for the next character
+inserted. (Moving point or switching buffers before typing
+a character to insert cancels the specification.)
+
+If FACE is `default', to \"apply\" it means clearing
+the list of faces to be used. For any other value of FACE,
+to \"apply\" it means putting FACE at the front of the list
+of faces to be used, and removing any faces further
+along in the list that would be completely overridden by
+preceding faces (including FACE).
+
+This command can also add FACE to the menu of faces,
+if `facemenu-listed-faces' says to do that."
(interactive (list (progn
(barf-if-buffer-read-only)
(read-face-name "Use face"))
(cons face
(if (listp prev)
prev
- (list prev)))))))
+ (list prev)))
+ ;; Specify the selected frame
+ ;; because nil would mean to use
+ ;; the new-frame default settings,
+ ;; and those are usually nil.
+ (selected-frame)))))
(setq part-start part-end)))
(setq self-insert-face (if (eq last-command self-insert-face-command)
(cons face (if (listp self-insert-face)
(nreverse active-list)))
(defun facemenu-add-new-face (face)
- "Add FACE (a face) to the Face menu.
-
-This is called whenever you create a new face."
+ "Add FACE (a face) to the Face menu if `facemenu-listed-faces' says so.
+This is called whenever you create a new face, and at other times."
(let* (name
symbol
menu docstring
(cond ((facemenu-iterate ; check if equivalent face is already in the menu
(lambda (m) (and (listp m)
(symbolp (car m))
+ ;; Avoid error in face-equal
+ ;; when a non-face is erroneously present.
+ (facep (car m))
(face-equal (car m) symbol)))
(cdr (symbol-function menu))))
;; Faces with a keyboard equivalent. These go at the front.