From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolaj Schumacher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem understanding font-lock-defaults structure Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:22:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223501049 873 80.91.229.12 (8 Oct 2008 21:24:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:24:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Xah Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 23:25:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KngWo-0002ps-ES for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:25:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46190 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KngVk-0002YD-FZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:24:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KngUk-00027g-QL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:22:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KngUj-00026b-NE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:22:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59003 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KngUj-00026M-Gm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:22:57 -0400 Original-Received: from dd18200.kasserver.com ([85.13.138.168]:48397) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KngUj-00076g-87 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:22:57 -0400 Original-Received: from thursday (BAH4242.bah.pppool.de [77.135.66.66]) by dd18200.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1699218027C23; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:23:01 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Xah's message of "Wed\, 8 Oct 2008 11\:46\:33 -0700 \(PDT\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58574 Archived-At: Xah wrote: > 2008-01-13 ?? > After i evaluate the lisp code, i expect, the Sin should be syntax > highlighted but is not. >From the doc: "Defaults for Font Lock mode specified by the major mode." Setting this variable only works when you define a new major mode. To add keywords afterwards, use `font-lock-add-keywords' > I'm not sure how many level of list is required, or if the nesting is > optional... Using multiple keywords is optional, i.e. you may leave out the two nils and one level of parentheses. Your nesting and quoting is correct. You might also want to use "\\" instead of "Sin", etc. regards, Nikolaj Schumacher