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
next prev parent 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
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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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