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ckugmk@yahoo.com (trex_eater) writes:

> 
> (defun high-on2 ( expname)
> 	(interactive "Bexpname: ")
> 	(setq my-temp (concat "\\(" expname "\\)" ))
>         ;; Not sure about the line below...
> 	(setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))  
> 	(setq font-lock-keywords (append font-lock-keywords my-keywords))

I might be wrong... but:

> 	(setq my-keywords (my-temp (0 my-new-face)))  

is probably not what you want. You're calling a function "my-temp"
and calling a function "0" within that. You probably get a wrong
function error?