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25.0.50; Regression: highlight-lines-matching-regexp can't re-highlight the same string

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Message #10 received at 19796-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
Cc: 19796-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19796: 25.0.50;
 Regression: highlight-lines-matching-regexp can't re-highlight the
 same string
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:41:41 -0500

> 1. seq 1000 > /tmp/dat
> 2. emacs -Q /tmp/dat
> 3. M-s h l 7       (highlight all lines matching "7")
> 4. M-s h u [enter] (un-highlight the default, "7" in this case)
> 5. M-s h l 7       (highlight all lines matching "7" again)

> After that commit, nothing is highlighted anymore

Yuck, the old behavior looked right but was subtly wrong (the
highlighting at step 5 was done via font-lock whereas it was done with
overlays at step 3), and the recent change made the difference "more
visible" ;-)

The real problem is in font-lock, I think, but I don't have the courage
to fix it now, so I've installed a workaround that I hope will be sufficient.


        Stefan

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