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31.0.50; Add note about font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search usage

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: eg642616 <at> gmail.com, 77005-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77005: 31.0.50;
 Add note about font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search usage
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:39:37 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:24:07 -0700
> Cc: 77005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
> >> Cc: 77005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 12:57:45 -0600
> >>
> >>  My idea is to add a kind of note to font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search documentation in lispref
> >>  tex file to avoid any confusion that this can be used in minor modes.
> >>
> >>  I wonder why is this necessary. Minor modes are not supposed to affect font-lock in the first place, are
> >>  they?
> >>
> >> Right, they should not, however for case-insensitive fontification this can lead to newcomer users that wants
> >> to define a minor mode (such as for highlight something) use this variable.
> >>
> >> Otherwise this bug could already be closed.
> >
> > Stefan, WDYT?
> 
> I'd tend to agree with Eli.

Thanks, closing.

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