# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1138854271 0 # Node ID fb70c9e1f0268a4abbaaf5cfa21122d37589c6ec # Parent 2437cb336b9262af62282c192ae92f372ea5630b (Font Lock): C mode no longer depends on (-in-col-0. diff -r 2437cb336b92 -r fb70c9e1f026 man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Thu Feb 02 04:23:28 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Thu Feb 02 04:24:31 2006 +0000 @@ -557,13 +557,13 @@ @cindex brace in column zero and fontification Comment and string fontification (or ``syntactic'' fontification) relies on analysis of the syntactic structure of the buffer text. For -the sake of speed, some modes, including C mode and Lisp mode, -rely on a special convention: an open-parenthesis or open-brace in the -leftmost column always defines the @w{beginning} of a defun, and is -thus always outside any string or comment. (@xref{Left Margin -Paren}.) If you don't follow this convention, Font Lock mode can -misfontify the text that follows an open-parenthesis or open-brace in -the leftmost column that is inside a string or comment. +the sake of speed, some modes, including Lisp mode, rely on a special +convention: an open-parenthesis or open-brace in the leftmost column +always defines the @w{beginning} of a defun, and is thus always +outside any string or comment. (@xref{Left Margin Paren}.) If you +don't follow this convention, Font Lock mode can misfontify the text +that follows an open-parenthesis or open-brace in the leftmost column +that is inside a string or comment. @cindex slow display during scrolling The variable @code{font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function} (always