bug#48777: outline-minor-mode-highlight override and elisp code highlighting

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 8:38 AM
> From: "Juri Linkov" <juri@linkov.net>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: 48777@debbugs.gnu.org
> Subject: bug#48777: outline-minor-mode-highlight override and elisp code highlighting
>
> tags 48777 notabug
> close 48777 28.0.50
> thanks
>
> > Recently there was a bug fix in outline.el so that subheadings get highlighted
> > differently.  But, there remains the problem that when one uses
> >
> > (setq outline-minor-mode-highlight 'override)
> >
> > the headings with "(defmacro", "(defvar", "(defun" loose their code highlighting
> > feature.  In addition to all other elisp code type of headings starting with "(".
>
> Please try
>
> (setq outline-minor-mode-highlight 'append)
>
> It does exactly what you want.

I can see that it works.  Although all those options are quite confusing.
There is no advantage it removing code highlighting.  That was one reason
I suggested for code structures not to be considered as headlines, but as
code structures that can be hidden or shown.

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