* lisp/faces.el (error, warning, success): New faces with definitions

copied from old default values of `font-lock-warning-face',
`compilation-warning', `compilation-info'.

* lisp/font-lock.el (font-lock-warning-face): Inherit from `error'.

* lisp/progmodes/compile.el (compilation-error): Inherit from `error'.
(compilation-warning): Inherit from `warning'.
(compilation-info): Inherit from `success'.

* lisp/dired.el (dired-marked): Inherit from `warning'.
(dired-flagged): Inherit from `error'.

Fixes: debbugs:6117

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ed472a5668a..7b46259f7d9 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ these image types, minus those listed in `imagemagick-types-inhibit'.
 
 See the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual for more information.
 
+** New basic faces `error', `warning', `success' are available to
+highlight strings that indicate failure, caution or successful operation.
+
 ** The colors for selected text (the region face) are taken from the GTK
 theme when Emacs is built with GTK.