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changeset 41938:f8c0a921c536
Improve doc of font-lock-keywords.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:10:32 +0000 |
| parents | 9ad71f03b20b |
| children | e9a4c1f03019 |
| files | lispref/modes.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/modes.texi Tue Dec 11 06:07:52 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/modes.texi Tue Dec 11 06:10:32 2001 +0000 @@ -1824,8 +1824,15 @@ it finds using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}. When @var{function} is called, it receives one argument, the limit of -the search. It should return non-@code{nil} if it succeeds, and set the -match data to describe the match that was found. +the search; it should searching at point, and not search beyond the +limit. It should return non-@code{nil} if it succeeds, and set the +match data to describe the match that was found. Returning @code{nil} +indicates failure of the search. + +Fontification will call @var{function} repeatedly with the same limit, +and with point where the previous invocation left it, until +@var{function} fails. On failure, @var{function} need not reset point +in any particular way. @item (@var{matcher} . @var{match}) In this kind of element, @var{matcher} is either a regular