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From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to use non-font-lock face in font-lock-keywords?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:45:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pr65uzyj.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BD42058352C5409D9FA1C56809AD4308@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:14:41 -0800")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

Hi Drew,

>> Why?  What do I need to do to use an arbitrary face?
>
> Without looking closely at your code, my guess is this:
>
> 1. `font-lock-function-name-face' is a variable (whose value is the symbol
> `font-lock-function-name-face'). There is no variable `bold'.
>
> 2. When you use
> (list (list (concat "\\(?:[`]?" regex "['(]\\)") 1 'bold))))
>
> you get a list with the face name (symbol), but it is not quoted.

You are right, I have to use (quote 'bold), and then it works.

Thanks a ton!
Tassilo




  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-23 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-23 20:31 How to use non-font-lock face in font-lock-keywords? Tassilo Horn
2009-12-23 21:14 ` Drew Adams
2009-12-23 21:45   ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2009-12-23 21:50     ` Lennart Borgman
2009-12-23 21:59       ` Drew Adams
2009-12-23 22:08         ` Lennart Borgman

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