From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Multiline font lock questions Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87slgczhqj.fsf@pereiro.luannocracy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164141656 18383 80.91.229.2 (21 Nov 2006 20:40:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 21 21:40:53 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmcQG-00075B-Li for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:40:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmcQG-0002D2-6g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:40:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmcLl-0006Gf-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:36:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmcLh-0006CN-D4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmcLh-0006CB-6a; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:36:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GmcLh-0008WD-7G; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:36:09 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EBCE2CF146; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:36:08 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD4D43FE0; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:58 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 936C76C186; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:58 -0500 (EST) Original-To: David Abrahams In-Reply-To: <87slgczhqj.fsf@pereiro.luannocracy.com> (David Abrahams's message of "Tue\, 21 Nov 2006 15\:07\:16 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62611 gmane.emacs.help:38867 Archived-At: >>> This very page links to another page describing >>> font-lock-extend-after-change-region-function, which seems like it >>> constitutes a fourth way to "do rehighlighting of multiline >>> constructs." >> >> Indeed. Alan McKenzie likes this, but I would rather discourage its >> use. > Why does he like it, and why do you dislike it? That was the subject of a neverending thread :-( > Can we make the doc consistent, please? If there are really four ways > documented, there shouldn't be a page saying there are three ways. > You can always add disparaging words about the fourth way if you > like. As it stands it's hard to tell whether the information even > makes sense. Which way to fix the doc depends on the end of the neverending thread, hence the current state. Stefan