GNU bug report logs - #2134
[PATCH] progmodes/compile.el: check global-font-lock-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:40:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 801

Found in version 23.0.60

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 2134 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 2134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2134: [PATCH] progmodes/compile.el: check global-font-lock-mode
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:46:22 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Here is patch to not to turn on font-lock unconditionally. Patch is
>> against Emacs version control tree check out 2009-01-31.
>
> If you read the rest of the compile.el code, you'll see that it uses
> font-lock to do its job, which is why it's turned on unconditionally.
>

The buffer handling could be improved to work without font lock. In some
cases the colors distract reading; thus font-lock is turned offm, but
RET no longer intreprets the line.

SUGGESTION

There could be be alternative handler to read the current line and
respond to RET (etc.) when font-lock is turned off. I'm supposing here
that standard grep syntax would be easy to handle:

   default-directory: DIR

   FILE:LINE:MATCH

Jari
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