From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: M-o M-o `font-lock-fontify-block' Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:48:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83pn12bqh9.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="894"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 14 16:49:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lBJe4-00008e-0y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:49:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55742 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBJe3-0001p6-3h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:49:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBJcw-0000dW-DN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40194) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lBJcw-0000ge-2R; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4813 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lBJcu-0007II-Uq; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:48:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:01 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:264712 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:01 +0000 > From: Alan Mackenzie > > On master, I just typed M-o M-o and instead of font-lock-fontify-block, > got a window with the M-o removal message. I've been using this binding > subconsciously for many years now, and it was a bit of a jolt for it not > to work. > > I need this function for refontifying hi-lock-mode patterns which get > split onto two lines by auto filling. For example I have a pattern for > "bug #12345" with arbitrary whitespace, and this fairly often gets split > by a linefeed. I frequently use M-o M-o to fix potentially incorrect font-lock. > But, more to the point, a user accustomed to M-o M-o is going to have > inordinate difficulty finding the command to bind. Two of the M-o > bindings are mentioned in NEWS, to give people help. Why not all of > them? The NEWS entry is indeed lacking (and has a typo), but maybe it's okay given that we make the decision 3 weeks from now?