Comment 8 for bug 616828

Uday Reddy writes:
 > Tim Cross writes:
 >
 > > Currently, vm-summary-highlight-face is a variable. It has a
 > > default of 'bold. If the end user wants to change that default,
 > > they must use an existing face name.
 >
 > I suppose you are more interested in what can be done via the
 > customize menus. In that case, why don't you define a face called
 > vm-summary-highlight and set the variable vm-summary-highlight-face
 > to that face? That way, nothing will break.
 >

Yes, that is a good idea. It is a bit 'messy', but would provide a solution
that doesn't break backwards compatibility.

I do still think long-term we should consider getting rid of either
vm-summary-highlight-face or vm-summary-selected as they appear to do the same
thing. We probably need to make the distinction re: which is releant when clear
in the manual to help minimise the potential for confusion (if not done
already).

BTW, I notice you have removed the -face extension from the face symbols in
vm-summary-faces. Is this the convention we want followed for face symbols?

Tim

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