# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1184029512 0
# Node ID 7cec7ea0f05d685f22744db086995110af913379
# Parent  f8928e94b6fd407aebd95cb01a34c1fc2308cb98
(Defining Faces): Explain C-M-x feature for defface.

diff -r f8928e94b6fd -r 7cec7ea0f05d lispref/display.texi
--- a/lispref/display.texi	Mon Jul 09 14:46:56 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Tue Jul 10 01:05:12 2007 +0000
@@ -1760,6 +1760,11 @@
 @var{spec}, then uses any customizations that were read from the
 init file (@pxref{Init File}) to override that specification.
 
+When you evaluate a @code{defcustom} form with @kbd{C-M-x} in Emacs
+Lisp mode (@code{eval-defun}), a special feature of @code{eval-defun}
+overrides any customizations of the face.  This way, the face reflects
+exactly what the @code{defcustom} says.
+
 The purpose of @var{spec} is to specify how the face should appear on
 different kinds of terminals.  It should be an alist whose elements
 have the form @code{(@var{display} @var{atts})}.  Each element's