Re: set-face-attribute: apparent bug or doc error

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:34:13 -0400
> 
> Executing
> 
> (set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "alegreya" :foundry "misc"
> :slant normal :weight "medium" :height 258 :width "normal")
> 
> yields error:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable normal)
>   (set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "alegreya" :foundry "misc"
> :slant normal :weight "medium" :height 258 :width "normal")
> ....
> 
> The doc string, however, says:
> 
> ‘:slant’
> 
> VALUE specifies the slant of the font to use.  It must be one of the
> symbols ‘italic’, ‘oblique’, ‘normal’, ‘reverse-italic’, or
> ‘reverse-oblique’.

Try

    :slant 'normal

(with the apostrophe), since the doc strings says it wants a symbol.