GNU bug report logs - #9919
24.0.91; font-lock broken in dired

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 6662

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.0.91

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-07/msg01057.html

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Message #27 received at 9919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 9919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9919: 24.0.91; font-lock broken in dired
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:04:10 -0500

> I am still getting reports about this wrt dired+.el from users on
> GNU/Linux.  So perhaps my workaround is not sufficient there - dunno.

Whenever you change font-lock-defaults, you need to cause
font-lock-keywords (and the text already font-locked) to be refreshed,
unless you know for sure that font-lock-mode has not yet been started.

> In any case, this is a regression and a performance problem.

I don't see any evidence of a performance problem.


        Stefan
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