Hi! I just tested this and I can verify that this solved my multiline problem. Thanks! -- Anders On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Anders. > > Thanks for doing all the donkey work. > > On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 10:34:09PM +0100, Anders Lindgren wrote: > > Hi Alan (and the list), > > > I made a "git bisect" and found the culprit: > > > -------- > > b31d359d182eb252a11f0468a7dc1ee1eafb28e9 is the first bad commit > > commit b31d359d182eb252a11f0468a7dc1ee1eafb28e9 > > Author: Alan Mackenzie > > Date: Sun Feb 1 21:20:35 2015 +0000 > > > CC Mode: Stop Font Lock forcing fontification from BOL. Fixes > > debbugs#19669. > > cc-mode.el (c-font-lock-init): Setq font-lock-extend-region-functions > > to nil. > > -------- > > > The reason this breaks multiline keywords is that > > `font-lock-extend-region-multiline' is normally part of > > `font-lock-extend-region-functions'. > > OK. The fix is then fairly obvious: to remove the one function from > `font-lock-extend-region-functions' which was causing the problem, > leaving the other functions (in particular > `font-lock-extend-region-multiline') in place. > > Could you try out this patch, please. It seems to work OK for me, here. > > > > diff -r a73bd5d1bd06 cc-mode.el > --- a/cc-mode.el Fri Jan 08 22:25:59 2016 +0000 > +++ b/cc-mode.el Sat Jan 09 12:00:10 2016 +0000 > @@ -1324,12 +1324,13 @@ > . c-mark-function))) > > ;; Prevent `font-lock-default-fontify-region' extending the region it > will > - ;; fontify to whole lines by removing > `font-lock-extend-region-whole-lines' > - ;; (and, coincidentally, `font-lock-extend-region-multiline' (which we > do > - ;; not need)) from `font-lock-extend-region-functions'. (Emacs only). > This > - ;; fixes Emacs bug #19669. > + ;; fontify to whole lines by removing > `font-lock-extend-region-wholelines' > + ;; from `font-lock-extend-region-functions'. (Emacs only). This fixes > + ;; Emacs bug #19669. > (when (boundp 'font-lock-extend-region-functions) > - (setq font-lock-extend-region-functions nil)) > + (setq font-lock-extend-region-functions > + (delq 'font-lock-extend-region-wholelines > + font-lock-extend-region-functions))) > > (make-local-variable 'font-lock-fontify-region-function) > (setq font-lock-fontify-region-function 'c-font-lock-fontify-region) > > > > -- Anders > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). >