Re: Limits of multiline font-lock

[Michael Heerdegen]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> I think if you use jit-lock-register to be told about areas that need to
> be (re)searched, keep them in a side-data-structure (or as
> text-properties), and then in the timer you simply process this
> side-data-structure, you should naturally avoid infinite retriggering of
> hi-locking (assuming you're using either overlays for the actual
> highlight, or you're using with-silent-modifications to avoid
> needlessly retriggering jit-lock).

I think I will do exactly that!  For some reason I forgot about
jit-lock-register.

Thanks,

Michael.