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| author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-06-26 22:29:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2002-06-26 22:29:36 +0000 |
| commit | 8cc11660c06b9270a0a7274e0f81480a0dc72f24 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f666ec4055651aa3bf55b88e2f7c877ecaf7c29 /man/display.texi | |
| parent | 5b8fe68482015bd3f38c933584073eb433879df2 (diff) | |
Explain that Font Lock controls fontification of special modes.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/display.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index 51ed61d049..d28f7c18b7 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -195,13 +195,14 @@ on your screen using the command @code{ps-print-buffer-with-faces}. @cindex mode, Font Lock @cindex syntax highlighting and coloring - Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular -buffer, which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces -according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It can -recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several -languages, it can also recognize and properly highlight various other -important constructs---for example, names of functions being defined -or reserved keywords. + Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular buffer, +which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces according to +the syntax of the text you are editing. It can recognize comments and +strings in most languages; in several languages, it can also recognize +and properly highlight various other important constructs---for +example, names of functions being defined or reserved keywords. +Some special modes, such as Occur mode and Info mode, have completely +specialized ways of assigning fonts for Font Lock mode. @findex font-lock-mode @findex turn-on-font-lock |