Re: keyword highlighting

[FCC <fcc509@netscape.net>]

Dan Boitnott articulated on 9/9/2004 11:26 PM:
> I'm adding keyword highlighting to a new major mode I'm writing.  I'm 
> having trouble getting one type to work.  I'd like to set any line that 
> begins with "vms " to font-lock-constant face.  I thought something 
> like this should work:
> 
>   ("^VMS.*$" . font-lock-constant-face)
> 
> But the lines don't highlight at all.  If I do:
> 
> ("^VMS" . font-lock-constant-face)
> 
> the "VMS" is colored but the rest of the line isn't.  If I do this:
> 
> ("^VMS...." . font-lock-constant-face)
> 
> the "VMS" and four characters after are colored.  This suggests the 
> caret and the period are working as expected.  Is the engine matching 
> un-greedily?  Any help would be appriciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
I have just tested,
   ("\\(^VMS.*$\\)" 1 font-lock-warning-face prepend)
is working fine (all the line becomes red). may be it is the parantheses
that you lack in yours.

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