From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 23783-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23783: Emacs 25: Changing font-lock-maximum-decoration doesn't work.
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:56:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ziqiakhx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160617102500.GA3316@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:25:00 +0000)
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:25:00 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x customize-variable <CR> font-lock-maximum-decoration <CR>
> o - set the level to 1 (minimum decoration) and apply the new
> setting.
> 3. C-x C-f .../src/xdisp.c
> 4. Note that font locking is indeed at level 1. Note, indeed, how fast
> scrolling works. ;-)
> 5. M-x customize-variable <CR> font-lock-maximum-decoration <CR>
> o - set the level to t (maximum decoration) and apply.
> 6. (In the xdisp.c window) M-x font-lock-mode, twice.
> 7. Note that the font locking remains at level 1.
>
> This last is surely a bug. Enabling font locking in a buffer should use
> the current valid setting of font-lock-maximum-decoration.
It's quite clear from the code that this is the intended behavior.
The comments for font-lock-set-defaults (the function and the
variable) and for font-lock-refresh-defaults are especially revealing.
> There are no instructions in the Emacs manual which tell you how to
> change decoration levels. It merely states on page "Font Lock Mode"
> that "You can customize the variable `font-lock-maximum-decoration' to
> alter the amount of fontification applied by Font Lock mode, for major
> modes that support this feature.". This doesn't then say what is to be
> done after doing such customization, for it to take effect.
>
> There is a non-interactive function `font-lock-refresh-defaults' which
> works, but this function isn't called from anywhere in Emacs.
I have added to the Emacs manual explanation of how to make the
customization of font-lock-maximum-decoration effective in a file
buffer. In a nutshell, you need to either customize before visiting
the file, or kill the buffer and revisit the file after the
customization.
I think this fixes this bug, so I'm closing it.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-18 9:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-17 10:25 bug#23783: Emacs 25: Changing font-lock-maximum-decoration doesn't work Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-18 9:56 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-06-18 17:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-18 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-18 20:03 ` bug#23783: Minor feature fixes and enhancements [Was: bug#23783: Emacs 25: Changing font-lock-maximum-decoration doesn't work.] Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-18 21:21 ` John Wiegley
2016-06-19 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
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