Subject: bug#7771: 23.1; can't turn off font-lock-mode globally

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:43:25 -0500

> From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:13:03 -0800
> Cc: 
> 
> > compile (and grep) require font-lock to work.
> 
> They did not used to require font locking.  This is a regression, a feature
> loss, if users are deprived of the Emacs `grep' and `compile' commands if they
> simply turn off font-locking.

Users will not be deprived of anything, I think.  The problem is that
these features turn font-lock on in the compilation buffer, which is a
nuisance (for those who turned it off).