Re: Font-lock: Major mode should be able to specify region to fontify.

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Mackenzie <none@example.invalid> writes:
> I have implemented this feature in font-lock.el (and friends) by creating
> a new abnormal hook variable which, if set, is called by one of the
> font-lock after-change functions.  Here is the patch.  The context-diff
> is based on the source files from Emacs 21.1.  

Please use the latest CVS code as a base, whenever possible.
As for other solutions to your problem:
1 - use font-lock-multiline (but this is a bit expensive)
2 - use jit-lock-defer-multiline (see the CVS' etc/NEWS file)

Solution 2 was written specifically for this kind of case.


        Stefan

PS: Your changelog entries don't look right.  They should look like

    * filename (functionname, varname, othername): blabla.
    (morefunctionchanged): blabli.