2011-07-07 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+ * text.texi (Special Properties): Clarify the format of `face'
+ (bug#1375).
+
* commands.texi (Interactive Call): Add a `call-interactively'
example (bug#1010).
You can use the property @code{face} to control the font and color of
text. @xref{Faces}, for more information.
-In the simplest case, the value is a face name. It can also be a list;
-then each element can be any of these possibilities;
+@code{face} can be the following:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@xref{Face Attributes}.
@end itemize
-It works to use the latter two forms directly as the value
-of the @code{face} property.
+@code{face} can also be a list, where each element uses one of the
+forms listed above.
Font Lock mode (@pxref{Font Lock Mode}) works in most buffers by
dynamically updating the @code{face} property of characters based on