From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:03:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Standard Faces): Explain that customization of `menu' face has no effect
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~8114
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/9e6bb19f87a5cf37b486da28102ba876fd576fa5

(Standard Faces): Explain that customization of `menu' face has no effect
on w32 and with GTK.  Add cross-references.
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diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi
index 2b4bb03df1..06b3a58642 100644
--- a/man/display.texi
+++ b/man/display.texi
@@ -214,9 +214,16 @@ colors of this face affect the appearance of tool bar icons.  @xref{Tool Bars}.
 @item tooltip
 This face is used for tooltips.  @xref{Tooltips}.
 @item menu
-This face determines the colors and font of Emacs's menus.  Setting the
-font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not supported; attempts to set
-the font are ignored in this case.  @xref{Menu Bars}.
+@cindex menu bar appearance
+@cindex @code{menu} face, no effect if customized
+@cindex customization of @code{menu} face
+This face determines the colors and font of Emacs's menus.  @xref{Menu
+Bars}.  Setting the font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not
+supported; attempts to set the font are ignored in this case.
+Likewise, attempts to customize this face in Emacs built with GTK and
+in the MS-Windows port are ignored by the respective GUI toolkits;
+you need to use system-wide styles and options to change the
+appearance of the menus.
 @end table
 
 @node Font Lock