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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: bug-cc-mode@gnu.org, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>,
	bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: font lock problem in C mode
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:27:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4672F616.5030103@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HzFZ5-0005gT-Ts@deldel.damtp.cam.ac.uk>

 > Put the following C comment into a file, called e.g. "s.c"
 >
 > /**
 >  * Simple comment.
 >  */
 >
 > and then do:
 >
 > $emacs -q s2.c
 >
 > The comment is fontified as a "string", rather than a "comment".

It is fontified as a "doc-string" (if you customize `font-lock-doc-face'
you will see the difference).

 > If I
 > delete the 2nd asterisk on the first line, the font switches correctly
 > to be fontified as a comment.

It is a "feature".  Alan Mackenzie will explain this carefully and in
full detail ... Alan, good evening, it's me again ;-)

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-15 20:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-15 17:26 font lock problem in C mode Stephen Eglen
2007-06-15 20:27 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2007-06-15 20:56   ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-16  9:37   ` Alan Mackenzie

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