Re: Adding color to macro in C mode

[Peter Tury <tury.peter@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:08:43 +0100, Joakim Hove wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am using emacs to program C. I have a (C) macro F_DIFF(a,b,c) which
> I use quite a lot in my code. I would like emacs to color instances of
> this macro so it stands out more clearly in the code - any tips on how
> to achieve that?

If you want to highlight it only temporarily you may want to try
highlight-regexp:

C-x w h runs the command highlight-regexp
   which is an alias for `hi-lock-face-buffer' in `hi-lock'.
(highlight-regexp REGEXP &optional FACE)

Set face of each match of REGEXP to FACE.

Interactively, prompt for REGEXP then FACE.  Buffer-local history
list maintained for regexps, global history maintained for faces.
Use M-n and M-p to retrieve next or previous history item.
(See info node `Minibuffer History')

or highlight-phrase:

C-x w p runs the command highlight-phrase
   which is an alias for `hi-lock-face-phrase-buffer' in `hi-lock'.
(highlight-phrase REGEXP &optional FACE)

Set face of each match of phrase REGEXP to FACE.

Whitespace in REGEXP converted to arbitrary whitespace and initial
lower-case letters made case insensitive.

These are in my Edit menu also.

Br,
P