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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: font-lock-keywords: matcher function not working
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:30:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8v1u2fy7.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8d3f8211-d708-4e79-aab4-6cc8141c6c92@googlegroups.com

> However, doesn't my matcher function search already?

No, it doesn't.

> It checks the current position first to return NIL for a failed match.

That's not a search.  It just says "doesn't match here" without saying
anything about the rest of the text until ^end, whereas a nil return
value is supposed to mean "nothing found between here and ^end" (just
as a nil return value of `re-search-forward').


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-28 19:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-27 12:39 font-lock-keywords: matcher function not working Raffaele Ricciardi
2013-06-27 12:40 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2013-06-27 17:32 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] ` <mailman.2602.1372354403.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-28 10:43   ` rfflrccrd
2013-06-28 19:30     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2731.1372447819.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-28 20:50       ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2013-06-29  2:35         ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]         ` <mailman.2762.1372473348.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-29  8:53           ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2013-06-29 13:32             ` Raffaele Ricciardi

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