GNU bug report logs - #635
Adding font-lock keywords results in no font-lock at all

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler <at> alcatel-lucent.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler <at> alcatel-lucent.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 635 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#635: Adding font-lock keywords results in no font-lock at all
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:43:36 +0200

>>>>> "martin" == martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:
    martin> 
    martin> Get your original behavior back by writing something like
    martin> 
    martin> (defun show-tabs () "Show tabs with a slightly changed background"
    martin>   (unless (or font-lock-keywords font-lock-defaults)
    martin>     (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults) '(nil t)))
    martin>   (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("\t"  (0 'tab-face t))) t))
    martin> (add-hook 'font-lock-mode-hook 'show-tabs)

Yes, it works now again as expected.

    martin> or by removing the offending lines from font-lock.el ;-(

I can live with your workaround till it's fixed :-).

Thanks a lot for your help.

Klaus

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