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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-04-02 13:20:56 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-04-02 13:20:56 +0300 |
| commit | 9b5e9715ea64f971e215e91898e3ef49b159cdbe (patch) | |
| tree | 21d4d5ed2685744e114f391be67c00c4810ec8a6 | |
| parent | 03e6a295d5c46151361845afbf5c8bcae915c89f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9b5e9715ea64f971e215e91898e3ef49b159cdbe.tar.gz | |
; * lisp/font-lock.el (font-lock-keywords): Doc fix.
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/font-lock.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el index 7d264cf9824..c9c390840ff 100644 --- a/lisp/font-lock.el +++ b/lisp/font-lock.el @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ This can be an \"!\" or the \"n\" in \"ifndef\".") ;; Fontification variables: (defvar font-lock-keywords nil - "A list of the keywords to highlight. + "A list of keywords and corresponding font-lock highlighting rules. There are two kinds of values: user-level, and compiled. A user-level keywords list is what a major mode or the user would @@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ point, and set `match-data' appropriately if it succeeds; like `re-search-forward' would). MATCHER regexps can be generated via the function `regexp-opt'. -FORM is an expression, whose value should be a keyword element, -evaluated when the keyword is (first) used in a buffer. This -feature can be used to provide a keyword that can only be -generated when Font Lock mode is actually turned on. +FORM is an expression, whose value should be a keyword element +of one of the above forms, evaluated when the keyword is (first) +used in a buffer. This feature can be used to provide a keyword +that can only be generated when Font Lock mode is actually turned on. HIGHLIGHT should be either MATCH-HIGHLIGHT or MATCH-ANCHORED. |