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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 7771 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7771: 23.1; can't turn off font-lock-mode globally
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:43:25 -0500

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 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).
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