From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Multiline font lock questions
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7ixotuj8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87slgczhqj.fsf@pereiro.luannocracy.com> (David Abrahams's message of "Tue\, 21 Nov 2006 15\:07\:16 -0500")
>>> This very page links to another page describing
>>> font-lock-extend-after-change-region-function, which seems like it
>>> constitutes a fourth way to "do rehighlighting of multiline
>>> constructs."
>>
>> Indeed. Alan McKenzie likes this, but I would rather discourage its
>> use.
> Why does he like it, and why do you dislike it?
That was the subject of a neverending thread :-(
> Can we make the doc consistent, please? If there are really four ways
> documented, there shouldn't be a page saying there are three ways.
> You can always add disparaging words about the fourth way if you
> like. As it stands it's hard to tell whether the information even
> makes sense.
Which way to fix the doc depends on the end of the neverending thread, hence
the current state.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-21 20:35 UTC|newest]
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2006-11-17 17:02 ` Multiline font lock questions rgb
2006-11-17 18:26 ` David Abrahams
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2006-11-17 20:15 ` rgb
2006-11-17 22:44 ` David Abrahams
2006-11-19 19:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-21 20:07 ` David Abrahams
2006-11-21 20:35 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-11-17 14:08 David Abrahams
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