From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46092: 27.1; syntax highlight in the eval-expression prompt Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:24:20 +0100 Message-ID: <874kj3f76z.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2787"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 46092@debbugs.gnu.org To: reporter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 27 03:25:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1l4aW5-0000ar-U2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:25:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45426 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aW4-0001iy-Vx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:25:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVy-0001iZ-On for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59831) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVy-0000uv-Hx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVy-0004MX-Dg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:25:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46092 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46092-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46092.161171427516724 (code B ref 46092); Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46092) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jan 2021 02:24:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43144 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVX-0004Lg-8l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:24:35 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:34568) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVV-0004LQ-P2 for 46092@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:24:34 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=j8ulVaswIQ9OQ6NA1dtVxH/T3CpGYAZasyPxQ7gsEEU=; b=K3JJbHHb5JiheuphQuLbDSw85c nZ0nW4ut8RTogQuGfCt/MtFiUcUnuTwMWS1DxgM7iqUe6at7YJN9UEPczEx3hQdlusN5oF+9STtUr wgpyAWeqO0Z3FyIBBzRZW4NGIlJVDkLt5bb4y/EVRU7wZVDJj3CKYruTnxBuW5BQo+6w=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l4aVJ-0007zU-Uv; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 03:24:27 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Swell Maps's _To The Outside Of Everything: A Story of UK Post Punk 1977-1981 (3)_: "Let's Build A Car" In-Reply-To: (reporter's message of "Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:06:18 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:198643 Archived-At: reporter 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? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no