GNU bug report logs - #7771
23.1; can't turn off font-lock-mode globally

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "K. Richard Pixley" <rich <at> noir.com>

Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 19:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.1

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, "'K. Richard Pixley'" <rich <at> noir.com>
Cc: 7771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7771: 23.1; can't turn off font-lock-mode globally
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:13:05 -0800

> OK, that one is a known problem: compile.el (used for M-x compile and
> M-x grep) uses font-lock internally, so it forces font-lock to
> be enabled.

Glad to hear it is seen as a bug. (It's a regression, since users lose a feature
they had previously: being able to compile or grep without font-locking.)

> I hope we can fix it for Emacs-24 (by making compile.el use 
> syntax-propertize-function rather than font-lock)

I too hope it gets fixed.
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