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


From: Tassilo Horn
Subject: Re: set-face-attribute: apparent bug or doc error
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:58:03 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

ken <gebser@mousecar.com> writes:

> (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’.

Exactly, it must be a symbol, so use :slant 'normal.

Bye,
Tassilo



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