Re: How to find current font-lock settings of a buffer?

[Geralt <usr.gentoo@googlemail.com>]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> >> how can I see the current font-lock settings of a buffer?
>> >
>> > M-x describe-face RET on character of that face. In GNU Emacs 23 C-u
>> > C-x = works similarly.
>>
>> That displays only the face used for that character.  The real
>> font-lock settings are in the variable font-lock-keywords (which
>> you normally don't set explicitly).
>> See (info "(elisp)Font Lock Mode") for details.
>
> Yes, but looking at the value of `font-lock-keywords' is likely to puzzle more
> than clarify ... unless you marry that with the face appearances using
> `list-faces-display'.
>
> IOW, `C-h v font-lock-keywords' will show you which faces are used by Font Lock
> mode in the current buffer. Then `M-x list-faces-display' will show you what
> they (and other faces actually look like).
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Thanks, I'll try that.