diff lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el @ 90982:a66921565bcb

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 806-813) - Merge from emacs--rel--22 - Update from CVS * emacs--rel--22 (patch 51-58) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 233-236) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-230
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:47:46 +0000
parents 988f1edc9674 8e308ce2d884
children a1be62cbd32a
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--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el	Tue Jul 10 02:07:45 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el	Sun Jul 15 04:47:46 2007 +0000
@@ -730,7 +730,9 @@
 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.