Re: (font-lock-mode 1) does not always force font-lock

[Alexander Pohoyda <alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> i think that explicit call to font-lock-mode shd apply to all
> buffers.  instead global-font-lock-mode should check to avoid temp bufs.
> someone want to do it? 

Please excuse me that it took so long.

Here's the patch. Note that it avoids invisible, not temp buffers.


Index: font-core.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/font-core.el,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.23 font-core.el
--- font-core.el	1 Sep 2003 15:45:12 -0000	1.23
+++ font-core.el	18 Nov 2003 21:02:45 -0000
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@
 your own function which is called when `font-lock-mode' is toggled via
 `font-lock-function'. "
   nil nil nil
-  ;; Don't turn on Font Lock mode if we don't have a display (we're running a
-  ;; batch job) or if the buffer is invisible (the name starts with a space).
-  (when (or noninteractive (eq (aref (buffer-name) 0) ?\ ))
-    (setq font-lock-mode nil))
   (funcall font-lock-function font-lock-mode)
   ;; Arrange to unfontify this buffer if we change major mode later.
   (if font-lock-mode
@@ -282,8 +278,14 @@
   :group 'font-lock)
 
 (defun turn-on-font-lock-if-enabled ()
-  (unless (and (eq (car-safe font-lock-global-modes) 'not)
-	       (memq major-mode (cdr font-lock-global-modes)))
+  (unless (or
+	   ;; we don't have a display (we're running a batch job)
+	   noninteractive
+	   ;; the buffer is invisible (the name starts with a space)
+	   (eq (aref (buffer-name) 0) ?\ )
+	   ;; this mode is in the list which is negative
+	   (and (eq (car-safe font-lock-global-modes) 'not)
+		(memq major-mode (cdr font-lock-global-modes))))
     (let (inhibit-quit)
       (turn-on-font-lock))))
 


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