From: robert.thorpe@antenova.com (Rob Thorpe)
Subject: Re: comments are not highlighted
Date: 17 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1a61f7e5.0309170830.3b0a4bbf@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2003.09.16.02.53.46.977248@hotpop.com
Prem Mallappa <prem_mallappa@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.09.16.02.53.46.977248@hotpop.com>...
> Hi
>
> i opened file /usr/src/kernel-source-2.xxx/drivers/net/eepro100.c
>
> which has arround 150 lines of comments. at line 184 or so.. . Emacs stops
> changing the color (global-font-lock-mode) of comments after certain point
> ( 100 lines or so) after that it shows the comments as normal text and
> highlights the keywords such as "do" "for" etc..
>
> One more thing i noticed i selected whole buffer and said "indent-region"
> Now everything is fine..
> Why emacs is unable to see the comments as *comments*
> I am running 21.3.1
Got no idea what causes that, but M-x lazy-lock-mode RET fixes it
Bug in jit lock? I don't even know if its gauranteed to work in all situations.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-17 16:30 UTC|newest]
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2003-09-16 2:53 comments are not highlighted Prem Mallappa
2003-09-17 13:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-09-17 16:30 ` Rob Thorpe [this message]
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