From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17021: 24.3.50; extension to hi-lock.el Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:32:48 +0200 Message-ID: <877du2g7jj.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87mwgp1mq4.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35748"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: koppel@ece.lsu.edu, 17021@debbugs.gnu.org To: lee Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 13 12:39:36 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k6Adz-0009Bx-CJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:39:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58054 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k6Ady-00033n-7B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:39:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50380) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AYc-0002uM-5x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35503) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AYb-0006yD-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:34:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AYb-0001Hx-Ms for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:34:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 17021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17021.15973147894871 (code B ref 17021); Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Aug 2020 10:33:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47042 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AXd-0001GG-UH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:55894) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AXb-0001Fi-9v for 17021@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:32:59 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ecXy/7O6G/L9wjGZpvkNPVKyS6jkkddH5cAxLjNHe2c=; b=ajtFHa/BqlX23CKGsFfITbvnt3 +r4Sz9Nt7pWQFhF9doBzOjsSloqmCewXjx2upCTvy10mYves7hJmJFE8xHGtX4Irmxe3Alc46eJ6U fSQO3sAs8LT4fermlhubWOUs9V2nuquvw2+yYN1gQRkRx6i9i/LN7XeryzKkW4vxdwSg=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1k6AXR-00053z-JG; Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:32:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87mwgp1mq4.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> (lee@yun.yagibdah.de's message of "Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:18:59 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:184988 Archived-At: lee writes: > | This is an extension to hi-lock mode (of bzr revno 116727): > | > | You can use the buffer-local variable `hi-lock-patterns-file' to > | specify a file to write the higlighting-patterns to. When this > | variable is set, the highlighting-patterns will be kept in a dedicated > | buffer instead of being written into the very file you`re editing. This patch unfortunately got no attention when it was posted seven years ago, and it no longer applies to Emacs 28. I am not a hi-lock user myself -- are there anybody else on the bugs mailing list here that can comment on whether this is something we'd want to add? It does sound useful to me, but I'm not really familiar with how hi-lock works. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no