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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: moasenwood@zoho.eu
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: font-lock as a single command
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:20:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-af341ab5-09e6-4670-8845-c5e8542587ca-1613175625246@3c-app-mailcom-bs05> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6s8de2x.fsf@zoho.eu>


> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 12:08 PM
> From: "Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: font-lock as a single command
>
> Christopher Dimech wrote:
> 
> > (font-lock-add-keywords MODE KEYWORDS &optional HOW)
> >
> > What does the optional HOW actually do?
> 
> It is actually described in the docstring:
> 
>   If optional argument HOW is ‘set’, they are used to replace
>   the current highlighting list. If HOW is any other non-nil
>   value, they are added at the end of the current
>   highlighting list.

I understood none of that.  What is "replace the current highlighting list"
about?
 
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> 
> 
>



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-13  0:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-12 23:20 font-lock as a single command Christopher Dimech
2021-02-12 23:44 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-12 23:58   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  0:06     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  0:17       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  0:04   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  0:08     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  0:20       ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-02-13  1:50         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  0:58       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  1:13         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  1:54         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  2:43           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  2:46             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  3:00               ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  3:16                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  3:56                   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  4:09                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  4:21                       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  4:28                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  4:31                           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  5:26                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  5:29                               ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  5:39                               ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  5:43                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  5:51                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  6:07                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  6:20                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-13  6:55                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-13  6:58                                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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