GNU bug report logs - #46039
26.3; Mention how to get _only_ syntactic font lock

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:59:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 46039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 46039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46039: 26.3; Mention how to get _only_ syntactic font lock
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:57:43 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I looked for doc that spoke to this directly, but didn't find any.  The
> doc tells you how to do the _opposite_: get only search-based
> font-locking, and not also syntactic font-locking.  But I didn't find
> anything explicitly saying how to get only syntactic font-locking.
>
> If I'm right that this isn't mentioned explicitly, please consider
> mentioning it.  It's a reasonable use case.

I've now mentioned it in the Emacs 29 lispref manual.

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