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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-07-10 01:07:09 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-07-10 01:07:09 +0000
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(eval-defun): Explain special handling of `defface'.
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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 87e471753e5..dcdb04cc5fa 100644
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+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-10 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
+
+ * emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (eval-defun):
+ Explain special handling of `defface'.
+
2007-07-09 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
* isearch.el (isearch-edit-string): Call to isearch-push-state
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index 73379a816d7..374d3ae2327 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -730,7 +730,9 @@ If the current defun is actually a call to `defvar' or `defcustom',
evaluating it this way resets the variable using its initial value
expression even if the variable already has some other value.
\(Normally `defvar' and `defcustom' do not alter the value if there
-already is one.)
+already is one.) In an analogous way, evaluating a `defface'
+overrides any customizations of the face, so that it becomes
+defined exactly as the `defface' expression says.
If `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,
this command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger.