From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: reporter <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
Cc: 46092@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:24:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kj3f76z.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HVcJouCT_JCzTlgdIDdqnyo1HuUa4HFwvVPkaQhWV1bX30_nTSXg-xl9Ea3zXPnLVaKLh12T83wCMX1eAISSIMkyafMN2ryJhxL9tUEenbc=@protonmail.com> (reporter's message of "Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:06:18 +0000")
reporter <laszlomail@protonmail.com> writes:
> I use eval-expression a lot for writing and executing smaller snippets, often
> spanning several lines.
>
> Since it is for evaluating elisp snippets, it should have elisp syntax
> highlighting for better readability (highlighted strings, for example)
> .
That's true -- it's odd that `eval-expression' doesn't use font
locking. Is there a reason for this, or has nobody just never thought
of it before?
I briefly tried switching it on (by just setting `font-lock-defaults' to
something Elispish), but that didn't work, so does the minibuffer have
something special going on that prohibits font locking?
--
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2021-01-25 6:06 bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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2021-01-29 13:27 ` laszlomail--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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