GNU bug report logs - #3628
Python-Mode Ignores Global Font Lock

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean <at> miscoranda.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:55:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 4303

Found in version 23.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean <at> miscoranda.com>
To: Lawrence Mitchell <wence <at> gmx.li>
Cc: 3628 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3628: Python-Mode Ignores Global Font Lock
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:00:13 +0100

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Lawrence Mitchell wrote:

> (global-font-lock-mode 0) only turns /off/ font lock

Yeah, but I was asked on #emacs whether it was acting as a toggle,
perhaps just to confirm that there was no bug introducing toggle
behaviour where it wasn't expected.

> Font-lock is used unconditionally in python buffers, I think,
> so that text properties marking strings and comments can
> be maintained with greater ease than otherwise.

Not honouring explicit instructions to turn off highlighting globally
in emacs sounds like a poor design decision to me. I consider this an
important bug.

Meanwhile, it's possible to use this workaround:

(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
  '(lambda () (global-font-lock-mode 0)))

Thanks,

-- 
Sean B. Palmer, http://inamidst.com/sbp/
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