On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:43:21PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> * tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [2021-05-18 20:28]:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:08:29PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> > > 
> > > (defun rcd-highlight-list (list)
> > >   "Uses LIST to highlight strings in buffer."
> > >   (hi-lock-mode)
> > >   (let* ((list (delete "" list))
> > > 	(highlights hi-lock-face-defaults))
> > >     (while list
> > >       (highlight-regexp (pop list) (pop highlights)))))
> > > 
> > > Just feed to this function a list of strings to highlight:
> > 
> > What happens if one of the strings is ".*"?
> 
> Yes, it is not for all circumstances. It will also not support too
> many keywords as it uses hi-lock-face-defaults list

Perhaps the function `regexp-quote' is built for you :)

Cheers
 - t