From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Paul Whittaker <emacs@pdw.org.uk>
Cc: 25841@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25841: 25.2; Highlighting not being updated in some modes.
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:02:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gwpoi9q3y0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <231f3b41-7ba1-58d9-a1d4-2e0af37d0ac7@drisq.com> (Paul Whittaker's message of "Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:39:53 +0000")
Paul Whittaker wrote:
> In major modes that do not use syntax highlighting, the highlighting
> from highlight-regexp is not updated when the buffer content is changed.
> The highlighting appears to be static, based only on what was visible at
> the time that highlight-regexp was called.
This is the documented way highlight-regexp behaves:
Use Font lock mode, if enabled, to highlight REGEXP. Otherwise,
use overlays for highlighting. If overlays are used, the
highlighting will not update as you type.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-22 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-22 21:39 bug#25841: 25.2; Highlighting not being updated in some modes Paul Whittaker
2017-02-22 22:02 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2017-02-23 12:21 ` Paul Whittaker
2017-02-23 15:00 ` Stephen Berman
2019-08-21 2:09 ` Stefan Kangas
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