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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: fatiparty@tutanota.com
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: rainbow-delimiters-mode, syntax-begin-function and font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:55:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmtjjapkk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MuGSFtP--3-2@tutanota.com> (fatiparty@tutanota.com's message of "Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:37:55 +0100 (CET)")

> Right, if the version of emacs has `syntax-begin-function', then one could use that,
> as has been done.  I am making a new version without calls to things that would,
>  be obsolete, but without breaking the colouring functionality. 
>
> There is a call to flush the cache `(syntax-ppss-flush-cache 0' with 
> `(boundp 'syntax-begin-function)'.  Would this still be necessary?  

I recommend you read a bit more to understand a bit what these things do
(e.g. what does it mean for `syntax-begin-function` to be nil) because
changing code which you don't understand at all is just not fun.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-25 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-23  7:58 rainbow-delimiters-mode and syntax-begin-function fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2022-01-24  9:55   ` rainbow-delimiters-mode, syntax-begin-function and font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-24 23:18     ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-25  8:46       ` fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-25 13:04         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-25 13:37           ` fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-25 13:55             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2022-01-25 15:05               ` fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-25 15:12               ` fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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