* bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt
@ 2021-01-25 6:06 laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-01-27 2:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2021-01-25 6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 46092
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I use eval-expression a lot for writing and executing smaller snippets, often spanning several lines.
Since it is for evaluating elisp snippets, it should have elisp syntax highlighting
for better readability (highlighted strings, for example) .
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* bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt
2021-01-25 6:06 bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
@ 2021-01-27 2:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-29 13:27 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-01-27 2:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: reporter; +Cc: 46092
reporter <laszlomail@protonmail.com> writes:
> I use eval-expression a lot for writing and executing smaller snippets, often
> spanning several lines.
>
> Since it is for evaluating elisp snippets, it should have elisp syntax
> highlighting for better readability (highlighted strings, for example)
> .
That's true -- it's odd that `eval-expression' doesn't use font
locking. Is there a reason for this, or has nobody just never thought
of it before?
I briefly tried switching it on (by just setting `font-lock-defaults' to
something Elispish), but that didn't work, so does the minibuffer have
something special going on that prohibits font locking?
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* bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt
2021-01-27 2:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-01-29 13:27 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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From: laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors @ 2021-01-29 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 46092@debbugs.gnu.org
> That's true -- it's odd that`eval-expression' doesn't use font
> locking. Is there a reason for this, or has nobody just never
> thought of it before? I briefly tried switching it on (by just
> setting`font-lock-defaults' to something Elispish), but that
> didn't work, so does the minibuffer have something special
> going on that prohibits font locking?
I tried turning on emacs-lisp-mode in the eval-expression prompt
and the major mode did change from fundamental to elisp mode, but
there is no font locking if I type an expression.
So I have the same question as Lars. Does the minibuffer prevents
font locking from working for some reason?
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