Re: [h-e-w] Re: font lock for text mode

[Galen Boyer]

On 11 Jan 2002, address@hidden wrote:

> I've found in the past that log file formats are best dealt by
> defining new a mode using define-generic-mode. generic-mode
> takes care of all the fine details of font-lock setup, and
> having a separate mode means you can switch easily between
> different formats if necessary.

Excellent!  I will remember this when I need it.

Thanks.

> Another thing I do sometimes with log files is customize
> outline-regexp so I can hide all the lines I'm not interested
> in (this is a bit of a misuse of outline-minor-mode, but it
> works for me).

I think this sounds very clever.
-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
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