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Subject: Re: Save Options broken on 19.15-b99
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From: Pete Ware <ware@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 1997 09:08:51 -0500
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Derrell Lipman <derrell@vis-av.com> writes:

> Why does one face [comint] have five different sets of charactistics?

The reason it has five different sets of characteristics is because it
uses specifiers based on the display device:

	color	light background	=> Foreground = blue
	color	dark background		=> Foreground = red
	greyscale			=> bold font
	monochrome			=> bold font
	other				=> bold font

I could have narrowed it down to three but I was, well ... amused by the
different specifier options to defface.  I didn't realize custom would
list 5 different choices (which is perfectly sensible).

--pete

