aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/man/programs.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'man/programs.texi')
-rw-r--r--man/programs.texi4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/programs.texi b/man/programs.texi
index 70f3c25fd1..a05c5aff7d 100644
--- a/man/programs.texi
+++ b/man/programs.texi
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ delimiter from starting a defun. Here's an example:
")
@end example
+ To help you catch violations of this convention, Font Lock mode
+highlights confusing opening delimiters (those that ought to be
+quoted) in bold red.
+
In the earliest days, the original Emacs found defuns by moving
upward a level of parentheses or braces until there were no more
levels to go up. This always required scanning all the way back to