On Mon, 07 May 2007 21:11:41 +0900 Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why not simply have hl-line-face defalias'd to hl-line?  Wouldn't that
>> suffice for backward compatibility (assuming that was the reason for
>> retaining hl-line-face)?
>
> `hl-line' is not a variable, so it makes no sense to use defalias.

Aha, ok.

> If backward compatibility is necessary, then I'm not sure there's any
> alternative to what was done.

Could hl-line-face be made a defvar instead of a defcustom?  It just
seems strange to invite users to customize the face hl-line and invite
them to effectively override that customization by subsequently
customizing hl-line-face.

Steve Berman



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