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Re: keyword highlighting
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FCC |
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Re: keyword highlighting |
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Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:13:33 +0200 |
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Dan Boitnott articulated on 9/9/2004 11:26 PM:
> I'm adding keyword highlighting to a new major mode I'm writing. I'm
> having trouble getting one type to work. I'd like to set any line that
> begins with "vms " to font-lock-constant face. I thought something
> like this should work:
>
> ("^VMS.*$" . font-lock-constant-face)
>
> But the lines don't highlight at all. If I do:
>
> ("^VMS" . font-lock-constant-face)
>
> the "VMS" is colored but the rest of the line isn't. If I do this:
>
> ("^VMS...." . font-lock-constant-face)
>
> the "VMS" and four characters after are colored. This suggests the
> caret and the period are working as expected. Is the engine matching
> un-greedily? Any help would be appriciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
>
>
I have just tested,
("\\(^VMS.*$\\)" 1 font-lock-warning-face prepend)
is working fine (all the line becomes red). may be it is the parantheses
that you lack in yours.
--
FCC.
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