Re: A question about face-all-attributes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:49:28 +0800
> From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
> 
>   (face-all-attributes 'default)
>     =>
>   ((:family . unspecified) (:foundry . unspecified) (:width .
> unspecified) (:height . unspecified) (:weight . unspecified) (:slant .
> unspecified) (:underline . unspecified) (:overline . unspecified)
> (:strike-through . unspecified) (:box . unspecified) (:inverse-video .
> unspecified) (:foreground . unspecified) ...)
> 
> But:
> 
>   (describe-face 'default)
>     =>
>       Family: Ubuntu Mono
>      Foundry: unknown
>        Width: normal
>       Height: 128
>       ...
> 
> Why are the two results different?  I expected similar results from
> them.

If the results were similar, the existence of describe-face would not
have been justified.  It exists to show you what the default
attributes really will be.