From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: M-o M-o `font-lock-fontify-block'
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:48:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pn12bqh9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YCkWJR8SaU3MFB37@ACM> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:01 +0000)
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:01 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> On master, I just typed M-o M-o and instead of font-lock-fontify-block,
> got a window with the M-o removal message. I've been using this binding
> subconsciously for many years now, and it was a bit of a jolt for it not
> to work.
>
> I need this function for refontifying hi-lock-mode patterns which get
> split onto two lines by auto filling. For example I have a pattern for
> "bug #12345" with arbitrary whitespace, and this fairly often gets split
> by a linefeed.
I frequently use M-o M-o to fix potentially incorrect font-lock.
> But, more to the point, a user accustomed to M-o M-o is going to have
> inordinate difficulty finding the command to bind. Two of the M-o
> bindings are mentioned in NEWS, to give people help. Why not all of
> them?
The NEWS entry is indeed lacking (and has a typo), but maybe it's okay
given that we make the decision 3 weeks from now?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-14 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-14 12:23 M-o M-o `font-lock-fontify-block' Alan Mackenzie
2021-02-14 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-02-14 15:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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