Re: ntemacs hangs when openning the attached file

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> This seems not to be related to fontification, but rather to something
>> that c-neutralize-syntax-in-CPP does during C Mode initialization.

> It's just that c-neutralize-syntax-in-CPP takes a long time in such a
> large buffer.  However, it would take just as long if it were split into
> several smaller buffers.

> c-neutralize-syntax-in-CPP is a newish function which counteracts
> problems cause by things like:

>     #define RBRACE }

> .  The answer would seem to be calling the function lazily or in the
> background, a bit like jit-lock does for font locking.

> Stefan, I think you mentioned a long time ago that jit could be used for
> things other than font locking, but I can't find the thread.  Any clues?

Not sure what you want to know.  You can use jit-lock-register, tho it's
not clear whether it does what you want.


        Stefan