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Re: global-font-lock-mode-check-buffers: What does it do?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: global-font-lock-mode-check-buffers: What does it do? |
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 01:11:24 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> But I still cant tell what it does after looking at the code where it
> is generated. Also, why is it placed on post-command-hook -- given
> that jit-lock is already attached to after-change-functions?
As mentioned, it's created by define-globalized-minor-mode, i.e. code
which works for any minor mode. It knows nothing about jit-lock's
own hooks.
What it does is check whether some newly created buffer might need
font-lock enabled.
Stefan
> Stefan Monnier writes:
>> > I see that global-font-lock-mode-check-buffers is present in
>> > post-command-hook -- that function appears to get defined
>> > automagically in font-core.el
>>
>> It's defined by the call to define-globalized-minor-mode.
>>
>>
>> Stefan
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