* custom function to highlight keywords
@ 2003-03-20 5:40 trex_eater
2003-03-20 9:24 ` foomaster1200
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From: trex_eater @ 2003-03-20 5:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
Time to time I have to look at huge log files for certain key words.
So, I wrote a small lisp function to highlight the keywords. I figured
some of the syntax from looking at few lisp codes.
The function high-on1 works fine. The function high-on2 does not work.
Can some one point out what I am doing wrong. Thanks.
(defun high-on1 ()
(setq my-keywords '(("\\(setq\\|font-lock\\|keywords\\)"
(0 my-new-face))))
(setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))
)
(defun high-on2 ( expname)
(interactive "Bexpname: ")
(setq my-temp (concat "\\(" expname "\\)" ))
;; Not sure about the line below...
(setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
(setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))
)
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2003-03-20 5:40 custom function to highlight keywords trex_eater
@ 2003-03-20 9:24 ` foomaster1200
2003-03-20 15:01 ` trex_eater
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From: foomaster1200 @ 2003-03-20 9:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
ckugmk@yahoo.com (trex_eater) writes:
>
> (defun high-on2 ( expname)
> (interactive "Bexpname: ")
> (setq my-temp (concat "\\(" expname "\\)" ))
> ;; Not sure about the line below...
> (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
> (setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))
I might be wrong... but:
> (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
is probably not what you want. You're calling a function "my-temp"
and calling a function "0" within that. You probably get a wrong
function error?
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2003-03-20 9:24 ` foomaster1200
@ 2003-03-20 15:01 ` trex_eater
2003-03-21 16:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: trex_eater @ 2003-03-20 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
foomaster1200 <foomaster1200@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<87znnq4cih.fsf@killr.ath.cx>...
> ckugmk@yahoo.com (trex_eater) writes:
>
> >
> > (defun high-on2 ( expname)
> > (interactive "Bexpname: ")
> > (setq my-temp (concat "\\(" expname "\\)" ))
> > ;; Not sure about the line below...
> > (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
> > (setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))
>
> I might be wrong... but:
>
> > (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
>
> is probably not what you want. You're calling a function "my-temp"
> and calling a function "0" within that. You probably get a wrong
> function error?
Agreed. But what is the lisp syntax to specify that use the contents
of the variable my-temp while constructing the my-keywords in the
following line:
setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
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2003-03-20 15:01 ` trex_eater
@ 2003-03-21 16:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-03-21 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
trex_eater wrote:
> foomaster1200 <foomaster1200@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<87znnq4cih.fsf@killr.ath.cx>...
>
>>ckugmk@yahoo.com (trex_eater) writes:
>>
>>
>>>(defun high-on2 ( expname)
>>> (interactive "Bexpname: ")
>>> (setq my-temp (concat "\\(" expname "\\)" ))
>>> ;; Not sure about the line below...
>>> (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
>>> (setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))
>>>
>>I might be wrong... but:
>>
>>
>>> (setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
>>>
>>is probably not what you want. You're calling a function "my-temp"
>>and calling a function "0" within that. You probably get a wrong
>>function error?
>>
>
> Agreed. But what is the lisp syntax to specify that use the contents
> of the variable my-temp while constructing the my-keywords in the
> following line:
>
> setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
(setq my-keywords (list my-temp '(0 my-new-face)))
or
(setq my-keywords `(,my-temp (0 my-new-face)))
--
<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
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