# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1008939635 0
# Node ID 64fa0eed586549635c406712271dee4f369dd504
# Parent  50052f8ef824568c87bd1bcb8d217d6e177c0de2
(Font Lock): Mention jit-lock and its customization group.

diff -r 50052f8ef824 -r 64fa0eed5865 man/display.texi
--- a/man/display.texi	Fri Dec 21 12:47:12 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/display.texi	Fri Dec 21 13:00:35 2001 +0000
@@ -299,6 +299,18 @@
   To remove keywords from the font-lock highlighting patterns, use the
 function @code{font-lock-remove-keywords}.
 
+@cindex just-in-time (JIT) font-lock
+@cindex background syntax highlighting
+  Fontifying large buffers can take a long time.  To avoid large
+delays when a file is visited, Emacs fontifies only the visible
+portion of a buffer.  As you scroll through the buffer, each portion
+that becomes visible is fontified as soon as it is displayed.  The
+parts of the buffer that are not displayed are fontified
+``stealthily'', in the background, i.e.@: when Emacs is idle.  You can
+control this background fontification, called @dfn{Just-In-Time}, or
+@dfn{JIT} Font Lock, by customizing various options in the
+customization group @samp{jit-lock}.  @xref{Specific Customization}.
+
 @node Highlight Changes
 @section Highlight Changes Mode