Re: New function: rcd-highlight-list

[Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

tomas@tuxteam.de [2021-05-18 20:47:48] wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:43:21PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
>> * tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [2021-05-18 20:28]:
>> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 08:08:29PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > (defun rcd-highlight-list (list)
>> > >   "Uses LIST to highlight strings in buffer."
>> > >   (hi-lock-mode)
>> > >   (let* ((list (delete "" list))
>> > > 	(highlights hi-lock-face-defaults))
>> > >     (while list
>> > >       (highlight-regexp (pop list) (pop highlights)))))
>> > > 
>> > > Just feed to this function a list of strings to highlight:
>> > 
>> > What happens if one of the strings is ".*"?
>> 
>> Yes, it is not for all circumstances. It will also not support too
>> many keywords as it uses hi-lock-face-defaults list
>
> Perhaps the function `regexp-quote' is built for you :)

I think you mistyped `regexp-opt`.


        Stefan