GNU bug report logs - #36530
font-lock-mode: message says enabled, variable says otherwise

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: font-lock-mode: message says enabled, variable says otherwise
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 21:53:21 +0800

$ touch /tmp/zz
$ emacs -q -f font-lock-mode --no-site-file -nw /tmp/zz
Observe message: Font-Lock mode enabled in current buffer
Now do
(describe-variable (quote font-lock-mode))
it says it is nil.
(There is only one buffer on the screen, so it must be talking about it.)

emacs-version "26.1"
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 35 days ago.

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