# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1025130576 0 # Node ID dd119e0d1cea3c7352fb327d99e6456a848a089a # Parent 11e7a6a33a8cfcd8969871e5657a0d44bbbf52f9 Explain that Font Lock controls fontification of special modes. diff -r 11e7a6a33a8c -r dd119e0d1cea man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Wed Jun 26 22:27:41 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Wed Jun 26 22:29:36 2002 +0000 @@ -195,13 +195,14 @@ @cindex mode, Font Lock @cindex syntax highlighting and coloring - Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular -buffer, which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces -according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It can -recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several -languages, it can also recognize and properly highlight various other -important constructs---for example, names of functions being defined -or reserved keywords. + Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular buffer, +which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces according to +the syntax of the text you are editing. It can recognize comments and +strings in most languages; in several languages, it can also recognize +and properly highlight various other important constructs---for +example, names of functions being defined or reserved keywords. +Some special modes, such as Occur mode and Info mode, have completely +specialized ways of assigning fonts for Font Lock mode. @findex font-lock-mode @findex turn-on-font-lock