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Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function)
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Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function) |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:27:18 +0000 (GMT) |
Hi, Stefan!
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I say to you again - your solution is not robust. I don't think it's
>> been tried at all (correct me if I'm wrong). A variant form of
>> f-l-extend-region-f (the advice on the f-l a-c-functions, as implemented
>> for AWK Mode) has been in use since June 2003, and so far no bugs related
>> to it have been reported by users. We are both aware of a refinement
>> which is needed, namely calling some sort of f-l-extend-region-f from
>> f-l-d-f-r and j-l-f-n.
>> So - please leave the better tested mechanism in place.
>I feel like Alice in wonderland:
So do I. :-) I'm still not 100% sure that we're arguing about exactly
the same thing.
>you talk as if I wanted to remove a well-established hook in favor of
>some new fangled feature, whereas the font-lock-multiline property is
>the one that's been in Emacs since 21.1, whereas your hook is the one
>that's new and that you want to add to Emacs-22.
It has already been added. I'm desperately trying to stop you from
taking it away again, because that would make my (Emacs) life much more
difficult.
>I think in order to justify this new hook you need to show that the
>pre-existing font-lock-multiline solution is not good enough in some
>cases.
I don't. I merely need to point out that Richard specifically asked for
this hook to be installed. When he did so, he was aware that it was
called from an after-change function.
> Stefan
--
Alan.
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), (continued)
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/24
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Alan Mackenzie, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Alan Mackenzie, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/26
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Alan Mackenzie, 2006/04/26
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/26
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/24
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function),
Alan Mackenzie <=
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Alan Mackenzie, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Miles Bader, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Tomas Zerolo, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Ralf Angeli, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Ralf Angeli, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Ralf Angeli, 2006/04/25
- Re: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function), Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/25