From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5129: 23.1.50; adding font-lock-keywords for face highlight Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:32:07 -0500 Message-ID: References: <878wdhp6zw.fsf@regnitz.physics.niu.edu> Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 5129@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260046072 1292 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 20:47:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5129@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Roland Winkler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 21:47:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH1XX-0001km-AB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:47:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45114 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH1XX-000392-5v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH1XR-00037e-If for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH1XN-00036m-SU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54923 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH1XN-00036c-L8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:55453) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NH1XN-0007gF-1A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5KlPBB029154; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:47:27 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB5KZ8o5027785; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:35:08 -0800 Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:35:08 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:35:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5129 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5129-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B5129.126004513227565 (code B ref 5129); Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:35:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5129) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Dec 2009 20:32:12 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5KWARG027562 for <5129@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:32:12 -0800 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NH1IV-0000Y6-Ra; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:32:07 -0500 X-Spook: digicash threat wire transfer Mahmoud Ahmadinejad FSF X-Ran: 51:v$-y]-5BZohIip#r (Roland Winkler's message of "Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:15:31 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:33 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33266 Archived-At: "Roland Winkler" wrote: > (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("foo" . font-lock-constant-face))) works > (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("foo" . highlight))) doesn't work. I think you are running into the old issue that faces should be quoted in font-lock keywords, else they will be treated as variables. For historical reasons, font-lock-constant-face (etc) as well as being a face, is a variable whose value is that face. Instead, try (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("foo" . 'highlight)))