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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is special about the minibuffer in regard to font locking?
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 11:30:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwva6fm76wz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: shKywr26F5jxSpp3Pf7g5Nx6qEzfJwV0CB8D3x355mfi6UmEL3wVuvjKhrrfjkkWHMat33IMnodtk0BYp2Znn1Dh01c_7CRAxVLmYqRjdtc=@protonmail.com

ndame via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2022-01-23 08:25:30] wrote:
> There is an existing bug report about font locking in the minibuffer
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=46092
> and I'm wondering how the minibuffer is special which prevents font locking there.

I don't think there's anything fundamental here.
Probably just code like:

    (define-minor-mode font-lock-mode
    [...]
      (when (or noninteractive (eq (aref (buffer-name) 0) ?\s))
        (setq font-lock-mode nil))
    [...]


-- Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-23 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-23  8:25 What is special about the minibuffer in regard to font locking? ndame via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-01-23 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-01-23 17:17 ` ndame
2022-01-23 17:56   ` ndame

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