From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: viewing log files (mainly _^H) Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:17:20 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070566440 1104 80.91.224.253 (4 Dec 2003 19:34:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:34:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 20:33:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARzEZ-0001Pt-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:33:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AS08r-0000AS-Ej for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:32:05 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!nrc-news.nrc.ca!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1070565440 132.204.24.42 (Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:17:20 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:17:20 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119005 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14945 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14945 > Some shell log files I have to view contain underlined output > (_^HA etc). I suppose there should be a viewing mode for such output > (in man, shell etc; but is it available as a separate function?). You said you wanted a font-lock thingy ? How about... (defvar foo-font-lock-keywords '(("\\(_\\)\\(.\\)" (1 '(face nil invisible t)) (2 'underline)) ("\\(\\(.\\)\\)\\(\\2\\)" (1 '(face nil invisible t)) (3 'bold)))) (define-derived-mode foo-mode fundamental-mode "Foo" "Foo viewing mode" (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults) '(foo-font-lock-keywords))) -- Stefan