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changeset 74083:a71f63e8ff3f
Rephrase some font-lock-multiline text.
author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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date | Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:27:29 +0000 |
parents | d34e01c317dc |
children | 45adfdc231c2 |
files | lispref/modes.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/modes.texi Sun Nov 19 17:49:47 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/modes.texi Sun Nov 19 19:27:29 2006 +0000 @@ -3043,16 +3043,19 @@ @itemize @item -Place a @code{font-lock-multiline} -property on the construct when it is added to the buffer. -@item -Use @code{font-lock-fontify-region-function} hook to extend the scan -so that the scanned text never starts or ends in the middle of a -multiline construct. -@item Add a function to @code{font-lock-extend-region-functions} that does the @emph{identification} and extends the scan so that the scanned text never starts or ends in the middle of a multiline construct. +@item +Use the @code{font-lock-fontify-region-function} hook similarly to +extend the scan so that the scanned text never starts or ends in the +middle of a multiline construct. +@item +Somehow identify the multiline construct right when it gets inserted +into the buffer (or at any point after that but before font-lock +tries to highlight it), and mark it with a @code{font-lock-multiline} +which will instruct font-lock not to start or end the scan in the +middle of the construct. @end itemize There are three ways to do rehighlighting of multiline constructs: @@ -3062,9 +3065,9 @@ Place a @code{font-lock-multiline} property on the construct. This will rehighlight the whole construct if any part of it is changed. In some cases you can do this automatically by setting the -@code{font-lock-multiline} variable. +@code{font-lock-multiline} variable, which see. @item -Use @code{jit-lock-contextually}. This will only rehighlight the part +Rely on @code{jit-lock-contextually}. This will only rehighlight the part of the construct that follows the actual change, and will do it after a short delay. This only works if the highlighting of the various parts of your multiline construct never depends on text in subsequent