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From: Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler+usenet@sfsw51.lucent.com>
Subject: Re: cperl-mode "fatigue"
Date: 29 Oct 2002 09:51:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <q5gznsx1vcc.fsf@lucent.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: apkei9$j2q$1@reader1.panix.com

>>>>> "Da" == Da Witch <heather710101@yahoo.com> writes:
    Da> 
    Da> I've noticed that sometimes, especially after I have been editing a
    Da> buffer for a long time, or if I try to use "qw( ... )", cperl-mode
    Da> begins to show signs of "fatigue" (for lack of a better word).  For
    Da> example, syntax-based highlighting stops, and everything I type
    Da> appears in the default foreground text color; or else everything
    Da> appears in the color reserved for quoted strings.
    Da> 
I had this problem every once in a while with all emacs 20 versions, but
haven't observed it anymore since I switched to emacs 21. I always thought
that this is a font-lock problem. From emacs 21.1 on I've used jit-lock
(instead of fast-lock) as font-lock support mode.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-29  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-28 22:43 cperl-mode "fatigue" Da Witch
2002-10-28 23:58 ` Matt Armstrong
2002-10-29  8:51 ` Klaus Zeitler [this message]
2002-10-29 13:31   ` Da Witch
     [not found]     ` <heather710101@yahoo.com>
2002-10-29 13:51       ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-10-29 16:08 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-10-29 21:57   ` Ilya Zakharevich
2002-10-30 16:08     ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>

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