Re: How do I get emacs to highlight subroutine calls in c-mode.

[Tom Oswald <toswald@sharplabs.com>]

jan wrote:
> lawrence mitchell <wence@gmx.li> writes:
> 
> 
>>>(bind-hook c-mode-hook
>>
>>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>You probably meant:
>>
>> (add-hook 'c-mode-hook
>>
>>
>>>	(font-lock-add-keywords nil
>>>		'(("\\<\\(\\sw+\\) ?(" 1 font-lock-function-call-face))) t))
> 
> 
> Yes, sorry, I didn't test the code I posted, I just extracted the
> relevant looking parts from my init files and accidentally included my
> bind-hook macro. Here is a tested version
> 
> ;; turn on font lock with maximum decoration
> (global-font-lock-mode t)
> (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
> 
> (require 'font-lock)
> 
> ;; create a face for function calls
> (defface font-lock-function-call-face
>   '((t (:foreground "DarkBlue")))
>   "Font Lock mode face used to highlight function calls."
>   :group 'font-lock-highlighting-faces)
> (defvar font-lock-function-call-face 'font-lock-function-call-face)
> 
> ;; add it to the font lock tables
> (add-hook 'c-mode-hook
> 	  (lambda ()
> 	    (font-lock-add-keywords
> 	     nil
> 	     '(("\\<\\(\\sw+\\) ?(" 1 font-lock-function-call-face)) t)))
> 

How would I add italic to the display?  At present it displays the function 
names in "DarkBlue".  What would be required to display function names in 
"DarkBlue" plus italics?

Tom