diff etc/NEWS @ 72251:0933613f837b

(font-lock-beg, font-lock-end, font-lock-extend-region-functions): New vars. (font-lock-extend-region-multiline) (font-lock-extend-region-wholelines): New functions. (font-lock-default-fontify-region): Use them. (font-lock-extend-jit-lock-region-after-change): Only round up if font-lock-default-fontify-region will do it as well.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Thu Aug 03 05:42:53 2006 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Aug 03 07:14:39 2006 +0000
@@ -5363,6 +5363,11 @@
 property over the second half of the command to force (deferred)
 refontification of `bar' whenever the `e' is added/removed.
 
+*** `font-lock-extend-region-functions' makes it possible to alter the way
+the fontification region is chosen.  This can be used to prevent rounding
+up to whole lines, or to extend the region to include all related lines
+of multiline constructs so that such constructs get properly recognized.
+
 ** Major mode mechanism changes:
 
 +++